2020 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES OLE MISS (3-4) GAME Rankings . AP: NR | Coaches: NR Last Game. .W, 59-42 (South Carolina) Streak . W2 VS. Head Coach . .Lane Kiffin Career Collegiate Record. 64-38 Years as College Head Coach. .9th Season 3-4 8 Record at Ole Miss. Years at Ole Miss . 1st Season DATE: Nov. 28, 2020 Record vs. Mississippi State . .0-0 TIME: 3 p.m. CT LOCATION: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Miss. MISSISSIPPI STATE (2-5) TV: SECN - Tom Hart (pxp), Jordan Rogers (analyst), Cole Cubelic (reporter) Rankings . AP: NR | Coaches: NR HOME RADIO: David Kellum (pxp), Harry Harrison (analyst), Richard Cross (sidelines) Last Game. L, 24-31 (at #11 Georgia) Streak . .L1 Head Coach . .Mike Leach WHAT TO WATCH FOR Career Collegiate Record. .141-95 • This game is the 117th meeting of one of the nation’s most-played rivalries ... Ole Miss holds a 62-46-6 advantage Years as College Head Coach. .19th Season in the series dating back to 1901. Record at Mississippi State. 2-5 • The original record is 62-48-6 in favor of Ole Miss ... The Rebels had wins in 2012 & 2014 vacated due to NCAA Years at Mississippi State. 1st Season ruling, while Mississippi State forfeited wins in 1976 & 1977. Record vs. Ole Miss. 2-1 • This game will be the 93rd “Battle of the Golden Egg,” as the two schools started playing for the trophy in 1927 ... Ole Miss holds a 56-29-5 advantage in the “Egg Bowl”. SERIES HISTORY • Saturday’s game will serve as Senior Day and 14 student-athletes will be honored before the final home game of the 2020 season. Series Record ...........Ole Miss leads 62-46-6* Original Record ...........Ole Miss leads 62-48-6 • Ole Miss has scored 50 or more points in back-to-back SEC games for the first time in school history. In Oxford. .Ole Miss leads 21-13-3* • The Rebels rank top three in the SEC in 10 separate categories: total offense (564.9), rushing offense (212.7), passing . (original record) Ole Miss leads 23-13-3 offense (352.1), scoring offense (41.0), completion percentage (.739), first downs (200), passing efficiency (191.1), In Starkville. Ole Miss leads 22-15-3 fumbles lost (3), passing yards per completion (14.76), kickoff return defense (17.4) and fewest penalities (36). At Neutral Site. Ole Miss leads 19-18^ • WR Elijah Moore is tops in the nation in receiving yards per game (159.3) and receptions per game (10.6). .(original record) Mississippi State leads 20-17 • Moore is the only Rebel in school history to surpass the 200-yard receiving mark three times in a season. Last Meeting. .2019, in Starkville • QB Matt Corral ranks sixth nationally in passing touchdowns (22) ... His 380.0 yards per game of total offense First Meeting. .1901, in Starkville leads the SEC and ranks No. 2 in the NCAA. Largest Win. .OM: 35-20, 2014 | TAMU: 17-0, 1911 • Kenny Yeboah’s 72.7 receiving yards per game are the fifth-most in the NCAA amongst tight ends. * Wins vacated due to NCAA ruling ^ Wins forfeited by MSU QUICK FACTS First Year of Football: 1893 Number of Seasons Playing Football: 126 12 89.4% 1,054 All-Time Overall Record: 645-536-35 Elijah Moore needs just 12 more receptions Over his last two games, Matt Corral Elijah Moore leads the country with 1,054 to pass A.J. Brown’s single season school completed 89.4 percent of his passes receiving yards on the season. It’s just All-Time Bowl Record: 23-13 record of 85 receptions which (59-of-66) for 925 yards and 10 the fifth time a Rebel has surpassed the All-Time Overtime Record: 7-9 Brown set in 2018. touchdowns through the air. 1,000-yard receiving mark in a season. 2020 SCHEDULE #5 Florida at Kentucky #2 Alabama at Arkansas Auburn at Vanderbilt South Carolina at Texas A&M Mississippi State at LSU Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 L, 35-51 W, 42-41 (OT) L, 48-63 L, 21-33 L, 28-35 W, 54-21 W, 59-42 Postponed 3 p.m. CT TBD ESPN SECN ESPN SECN SECN SECN SECN SECN GAME 8: MISSISSIPPI STATE | 5 OLE MISS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS OLE MISS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME WEEK Kyle Campbell ................................Associate A.D. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Email: [email protected] Duties: Primary Contact, Interviews • No practice • Practice closed • Practice closed • SEC teleconference • Practice closed • Practice closed - Time TBD Brad Sheffield .........................Associate Director • Coach Kiffin virtual • Players available • No interviews • No interviews Email: [email protected] press conference after practice • Practice closed Duties: Credentials, Notes, Player Interviews at noon CT virtually • Reb Talk radio Adam Kuffner ..........................Associate Director approximately noon • Coach Kiffin show 6 p.m. at Email: [email protected] • Players available CT available after Boure Duties: Flipcard, Stats following Coach practice virtually Kiffin approximately noon Alex Sims .................................Assistant Director CT Email: [email protected] Duties: Digital Program Mitch Praxl ...............................Assistant Director WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Ole Miss will host its weekly fall press conferences every Monday at noon CT via Zoom. Lane Kiffin and various players will be made available virtually. Members of the media unable to join the Zoom interview may watch live on SEC Network+ (on the ESPN Email: [email protected] app). The interviews will also be made available Monday afternoon on Ole Miss’ YouTube page and FTP site. Select players will be available during Tyler Wooten ............................Assistant Director Monday’s press conference and after practice on Tuesday. Coach Kiffin will be available on Monday and after practice on Wednesday. All media Email: [email protected] interviews will be held virtually via Zoom. There is no availability on Thursday or Friday. Connor Allen ................ Communications Assistant Email: [email protected] PRACTICES: All practices are closed to media and the public. Alex Kirsch .................. Communications Assistant AUDIO/VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: Press conferences, media opportunities and any form of competition may not be broadcast live, including Email: [email protected] Facebook Live and related media, without prior consent of the athletics department. Use of footage from practices is limited to three minutes Madeline Marshall ....... Communications Assistant per day. This includes content attained via FTP, which should be credited to Ole Miss Sports Productions. Ole Miss offers free FTP downloads of Email: [email protected] practice footage, interviews and game highlights for television stations to use during regularly scheduled news/sportscasts. To access the Ole Ashley Mangrum .................Senior Staff Assistant Miss FTP site, please contact Seth Austin with Ole Miss Sports Productions at [email protected] or 662-816-3436. Email: [email protected] WORKING CREDENTIALS: Credential requests will be handled on a single-game basis and should be submitted by the editor/sports director of your media outlet. Ole Miss’ credentialing website, www.sportssystems.com/OleMiss, will be available to accept requests 10 days prior to each game (two Wednesdays before) and will close the Wednesday before the game at noon CT. Approvals will take place Wednesday afternoon. SEC TELECONFERENCE The site is currently available for the Florida game. Approved media will receive a COVID screening form on Friday of game week that must be Coach Lane Kiffin will be available on the weekly SEC completed in order to receive credentials on Saturday. No credentials will be mailed out. Approved media will receive a unique parking pass via Teleconference every Wednesday from Aug. 28-Nov. 20, email, and game credentials will be picked up at media check-in. Recognized media members that are denied gameday credentials due to space limitations may be provided virtual credentials for the postgame press conferences. from 10-12:10 p.m. CT. The number is available through the SEC office at (205) 348-3000. Below is the order of PHOTOGRAPHERS: Pursuant with SEC guidelines, six media photographers/videographers will be credentialed per game -- two pool shooters participants. All times list are CT. on the field and four shooters in the stands. The pool shooters will share their content with other media outlets and will receive details on the process of posting their content on the SEC media portal after the game. Both options may be applied for at the credentialing website. The two 10:00 a.m. Ed Orgeron, LSU pool shooters, which is expected to be one local media photographer and one local TV videographer, must participate in required COVID screen- 10:10 a.m. Kirby Smart, Georgia ing consistent with institutional personnel permitted on the field. One shooter will be assigned to each end of the field. Shooters may move from sideline-to-sideline during the game by moving behind the end zone. At no time may a pool shooter come within six feet of the bench area or move 10:20 a.m. Dan Mullen, Florida behind the bench area. Shooters will not be permitted to leave the sideline area during the game. There will be a work space off the northeast 10:30 a.m. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt corner of the field (old photo workroom is not available this season). Per NCAA rule, images or likeness of current student-athletes may not be 10:40 a.m. Nick Saban, Alabama sold, distributed or used for commercial purposes. 10:50 a.m. Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee 11:00 a.m. Sam Pittman, Arkansas GAMEDAY PARKING: Gameday media parking will be located in the garage adjacent to The Pavilion. Each pass is for a specific numbered parking 11:10 a.m.