2017 Football Game Notes @Coachmattluke
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OLEMISSSPORTS.COM OLEMISSSPORTS #OLEMISS OLEMISSFB.COM OLEMISSFOOTBALL #HOTTYTODDY OLEMISSREBELS.COM @OLEMISSFB #GOREBELS @OLEMISSSPORTS @WEAREOLEMISS #WAOM @OLEMISSFB @OLEMISSFB #BEATCAL @REBELGAMEDAY #WEARRED 2017 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES @COACHMATTLUKE 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 6 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 24 BOWL WINS | 37 BOWL APPEARANCES | 662 ALL-TIME VICTORIES 58 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS | 23 NFL FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS | 290 PRO DRAFT SELECTIONS | 24 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS GAME THREE OLE MISS COACHING STAFF Date: Saturday, Sept . 16, 2017 On the field: Time: 9:30 p .m . CT Matt Luke . Head Coach Location: Berkeley, Calif . Phil Longo . Quarterbacks/Offensive Coord . Venue: California Memorial Stadium (62,467) Wesley McGriff . Defensive Coord . Surface: FieldTurf Jason Jones . Cornerbacks/Co-Defensive Coord . Series: First meeting Bradley Dale Peveto . Linebackers/Special Teams Coord . In Berkeley: First meeting Jack Bicknell, Jr . Offensive Line Ole Miss Live Stats: OleMissSports .com Cal Derrick Nix . Running Backs Live Audio: OleMissSports .com Jacob Peeler . Wide Receivers REBELS BEARS Twitter Updates: @OleMissFB Freddie Roach. Defensive Line (2-0, 0-0 SEC) (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) E .J . Epperson . Defensive GA Emmanuel McCray . Offensive GA Head Coach: Matt Luke Head Coach: Justin Wilcox In the press box: Career: 2-0/1st Career: 2-0/1st Maurice Harris . Tight Ends At OM: 2-0/1st At CAL: 2-0/1st Zach Brown . Defensive GA Josh Robinson . .. Offensive GA WHAT TO WATCH FOR • Ole Miss looks to improve to 3-0 under first year head coach Matt Luke . The Rebels have started the season ESPN 3-0 in three of the last four years . Ole Miss boasts an all-time record of 662-511-35 ( .563 winning percentage) . Bob Wischusen, Play-by-Play • This marks the first-ever meeting between the Rebels and the Bears, and Ole Miss has never faced a current member Brock Huard,, Analyst Allison Williams,, Sideline of the Pac-12 Conference . UM is making just its second ever trip to the state of California after traveling to Fresno State in 2011 . ole miss img network • Matt Luke is in his 10th season at Ole Miss but first season at the helm, taking the reins of his alma mater as the David Kellum, Play-by-Play Harry Harrison, Analyst 38th head coach in program history . Luke became the fifth straight Ole Miss head coach to post a victory in his Richard Cross, Sideline first game on the Rebel sideline . Brett Norsworthy, Pre- & Post-Game • Sophomore QB Shea Patterson threw for a school record 489 yards in the win over UT Martin, breaking Chad Kelly’s sirius xm satellite radio previous record of 465 yards . It was also the 13th most passing yards in a game in SEC history . Patterson leads Sirius 83, XM 83 the nation in passing, averaging 459 .0 yards per game, and passing TDs (9) . • Sophomore WR A.J. Brown posted his second straight 100-yard receiving game with eight catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns in Ole Miss’ win over the Skyhawks . Brown leads nation in receiving yards per game (194 .5) and ranks fourth nationally with four receiving touchdowns . • Ole Miss ranks 17th nationally in total offense averaging 537 .0 yards per game . 2017 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION Sept . 2 SOUTH ALABAMA (ESPNU) OXFORD W, 47-27 A .J . Brown breaks school record with 233 yards receiving Sept . 9 UT MARTIN (SEC Network Alt .) OXFORD W, 45-23 Shea Patterson breaks school record with 489 yards passing Sept . 16 at Cal (ESPN) Berkeley 9:30 p .m . First meeting Sept . 30 at Alabama* Tuscaloosa TBA Alabama leads 48-11-2 (Rebels have won two of last three) Oct . 7 at Auburn* Auburn TBA Auburn leads 30-11 (road team has won last three years) Oct . 14 VANDERBILT (HC)* OXFORD TBA Ole Miss leads 50-39-2 (Rebels have won three of last four) Oct . 21 LSU* OXFORD TBA LSU leads 60-41-4 (home team has won last five meetings) Oct . 28 ARKANSAS* OXFORD TBA Arkansas leads 34-28-1 (Razorbacks have won three straight) Nov . 4 at Kentucky* Lexington TBA Ole Miss leads 27-14-1 (Rebels have won seven of last 10 meetings) Nov . 11 LOUISIANA OXFORD TBA Ole Miss leads 4-0 (Rebels won last meeting 56-14 in Oxford in 2014) Nov . 18 TEXAS A&M* OXFORD TBA Texas A&M leads 6-3 (Rebels have won three straight) Nov . 23 at Mississippi State* (ESPN) Starkville 6:30 p .m . Ole Miss leads 63-44-6 (Rebels have won two of last three) * - SEC game (HC) - Homecoming Rankings - AP/Coaches All Times Central OLEMISSSPORTS.COM MEDIA INFORMATION | 2 OLE MISS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS OLE MISS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME WEEK - CAL Kyle Campbell ................................Associate A.D. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Email: kyle@olemiss .edu • Practice closed • Players’ off day • Portions of • SEC teleconference • Practice closed • Practice closed Duties: Primary Contact, Interviews practice open to 11:20 a .m . Daniel Snowden .........................Comm. Specialist • No interviews • Press conference approved media • No interviews • No interviews Email: desnowde@olemiss .edu with coordinators • Practice closed at 11:15 a .m . in • Players and Coach Duties: Game Notes, Stats, Credentials Manning Center Luke or assistants • Players and Coach Adam Kuffner ............................Comm. Specialist Team Meeting Room available after Luke or assistants Email: kuffner@olemiss .edu practice available after practice Duties: Player Interviews • RebTalk radio Brandon Lee ..............................Comm. Specialist show (7-8 p .m ., Email: bmlee@olemiss .edu Boure) Duties: Game Program Kim Ling ....................................Comm. Specialist WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE: Ole Miss holds its weekly fall press conference each Monday of the regular season at 11:15 a .m . CT in the Burns Team Meeting Room at the Manning Center . Various Ole Miss coaches and staff will take the podium first and will be followed by Coach Matt Luke at approximately Email: kling@olemiss .edu 11:30 a .m . Defensive coordinator Wesley McGriff and offensive coordinator Phil Longo will follow Coach Luke at the podium . Members of the media unable Ashley Mangrum .................Senior Staff Assistant to attend the Monday press conference may participate via the telephone beginning at 11:30 a .m . The number for the two-way teleconference may be Email: ash1@olemiss .edu obtained by contacting the Athletics Communications office . The press conference is streamed live on SEC Network+ . PLAYER/ASSISTANT INTERVIEWS: Coordinators will take part in the Monday press conference . Select players and assistant coaches will be available 908 All-American Dr . after practice on Tuesday . Coach Luke and select players will be available after practice on Wednesday . All media interviews will be held in the team meeting University, MS 38677 room . There is no availability on Thursday or Friday . 662 .915 .7522 PRACTICES: All practices are closed to the public and open to media for select periods on Tuesdays . Media are forbidden from reporting (e .g . tweet- ing, blogging, etc .) on anything related to practice until the post-practice interviews . This includes media who leave practice early . On available days, media will be alerted which periods are available for video . Live video is prohibited, and use of footage from practices must be limited to three minutes SEC TELECONFERENCE per day . Videographers and photographers must use tight shots and not formations . If you have not previously attended practices, please contact the Communications office for prior approval and daily alerts on practice locations and times . Coach Matt Luke will be available on the weekly SEC Teleconference every Wednesday from Aug . 30-Nov . AUDIO/VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: Press conferences, media opportunities, practices and any form of competition may not be broadcast live, including Facebook Live and related media, without prior consent of the athletics department . Use of footage from practices is limited to three minutes per day . 22, from 11:20-11:30 a .m . CT . The number is avail- This includes content attained via FTP, which should be credited to Ole Miss Sports Productions . Ole Miss offers free FTP downloads of practice foot- able through the SEC office at (205) 348-3000 . age, interviews and game highlights for television stations to use during regularly scheduled news/sportscasts . To access the Ole Miss FTP site, please Below is the order of participants: contact Seth Austin with Ole Miss Sports Productions at saaustin@olemiss .edu or 662-816-3436 . WEEKDAY PARKING: Parking permits are required for everyone on campus Monday through Friday between 7:30 a .m . and 5 p .m . Media that plan to 10:00 a .m . Ed Orgeron, LSU regularly attend practices, press conferences and other on-campus events may purchase a Vendor Permit from Campus Parking (www .olemiss .edu/ 10:10 a .m . Kirby Smart, Georgia parking), which is good for the full academic year . Those without parking permits are advised to park in a metered spot in the east lot of the Manning Center and feed the meter . Day passes are also available online at www .olemiss .edu/parking/visitors .html . 10:20 a .m . Jim McElwain, Florida 10:30 a .m . Derek Mason, Vanderbilt PHOTOGRAPHERS: Per NCAA rule, images or likeness of current student-athletes may not be sold, distributed or used for commercial purposes . 10:40 a .m . Nick Saban, Alabama WORKING CREDENTIALS: To request game credentials, go to Ole Miss’ online credentialing site: www .sportssystems .com/OleMiss . Credential requests 10:50 a .m . Butch Jones, Tennessee must be made as early as possible by the sports director of each media outlet and are limited to those media who will be attending the game in a working 11:00 a .m . Bret Bielema, Arkansas capacity . Media must agree to the SEC Media Policy before requesting credentials . Media credentials are allotted on the following basis: 1) daily news- 11:10 a .m .