2020 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES OLE MISS (2-4) GAME Rankings . AP: NR | Coaches: NR Last Game. .W, 54-21 (at Vanderbilt) Streak . W1 VS. Head Coach . .Lane Kiffin Career Collegiate Record. 63-38 Years as College Head Coach. .9th Season 7 2-4 Record at Ole Miss. DATE: Nov. 14, 2020 Years at Ole Miss . 1st Season Record vs. South Carolina. .1-0 TIME: 6:30 p.m. CT LOCATION: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Miss. SOUTH CAROLINA (2-4) TV: SEC Network - Tom Hart (pxp), Jordan Rodgers (analyst), Cole Cubelic (reporter) HOME RADIO: David Kellum (pxp), Harry Harrison (analyst), Richard Cross (sidelines) Rankings . AP: NR | Coaches: NR Last Game. L, 3-48 (vs. #7 Texas A&M) Streak . .L2 WHAT TO WATCH FOR Head Coach . Will Muschamp • This will be the 17th meeting between Ole Miss and South Carolina dating back to 1947, and the eighth since the Career Collegiate Record. 28-29 Gamecocks joined the SEC in 1992. Years as College Head Coach. .5th Season • The all-time series is tied 8-8, including 3-3 in games played in Oxford. Record at South Carolina. 56-50 • Lane Kiffin is 1-0 all-time vs. South Carolina with a victory in 2009 when Kiffin was the head coach at Tennessee. Years at South Carolina. 9th Season • Ole Miss will honor those who serve and have served in military service Saturday with its annual Military Appreciation game. Record vs. Ole Miss. 1-0 • The Rebels rank top three in the SEC in 11 separate categories: total offense (541.0), rushing offense (215.7), scoring offense (38.0), completion percentage (.716), first downs (169), passing efficiency (179.2), fumbles lost (2), fumbles SERIES HISTORY recovered (5), third down conversion (.524), kickoff return defense (16.86), passing yards per completion (14.04). Series Record . .Tied 8-8 • The Rebel defense has forced a turnover in five of its six games this season. In Oxford. Tied 3-3 • WR Elijah Moore is No. 2 in the nation in receptions per game (10.2) and third in the NCAA in receiving yards (829). In Columbia. Tied 4-4 • QB Matt Corral ranks seventh nationally in passing touchdowns (18) ... His 354.5 yards per game of total offense At Neutral Site. Tied 1-1 ranks No. 8 in the NCAA. Last Meeting. 2018, in Oxford • Kenny Yeboah’s 78.3 receiving yards per game are the fifth-most in the NCAA amongst tight ends. First Meeting. .1947, in Memphis • Yeboah is one of only seven players nationally, and the only tight end, who has three or more catches greater than 50 yards. Current Streak. Lost 3 • RB Jerrion Ealy ranks fourth in the SEC in both rushing yards (524) and rushing TDs (6). Largest Win. .OM: 33-0, 1947 | SC: 31-24, 2008 • Moore and Yeboah both need two more receiving TDs to jump into Ole Miss’ top 10 single season list. QUICK FACTS First Year of Football: 1893 Number of Seasons Playing Football: 126 All-Time Overall Record: 644-536-35 95.9 541.0 33 Matt Corral’s 95.9 passing grade against Ole Miss ranks second in the SEC and Elijah Moore’s 33 explosive receptions of All-Time Bowl Record: 23-13 Vanderbilt (Pro Football Focus) was the No. 5 nationally with 541.0 yards of more than 10 yards is No. 3 in the country All-Time Overtime Record: 7-9 highest of any quarterback since 2014. total offense per game through six and second amongst SEC wideouts. Consecutive Victories: 21 games, 1959-61 games in 2020. 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 6:30 p.m. CT TBD TBD TBD ESPN SECN ESPN SECN SECN SECN SECN GAME 7: SOUTH CAROLINA | 2 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. Will Muschamp, South Carolina spot. Cars parked in the wrong spot will be towed. Approved media will receive a unique parking pass via e-mail through the credentialing system. 11:20 a.m. Break MEDIA GAMEDAY CHECK-IN: Media check-in will take place in The Pavilion Club.