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MEDIA RELATIONS Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations Langston Rogers, Sr. Assoc. AD/Media Relations P.O. Box 217 Kim Ling, Associate Director University, MS 38677 Kyle Campbell, Associate Director Phone- (662) 915-7522 Bill Bunting, Associate Director Fax- (662) 915-7006 Joey Jones, Associate Director Daniel Snowden, Assistant Director Web Site- OleMissSports.com Jay D’Abramo, Assistant Director 2007 REBEL FOOTBALL Ashley Allen, Senior Staff Assistant EGGEGG BOWLBOWL Ole Miss (3-8, 0-7) vs. Mississippi State (6-5, 3-4) DATE: Friday, November 23, 2007 WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Senior RB BenJarvus Green- MISSISSIPPI STATE SCOUTING REPORT: With SEC Ellis has topped the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the sec- victories over Auburn, Kentucky and Alabama, the TIME: 11:30 a.m. CT ond straight year ... He is averaging 92.7 yards per game Bulldogs are bowl eligible for the first time since 2000. with four 100-yard games ... QB Brent Schaeffer and State is coming off a 45-31 loss to Arkansas Saturday in SITE (CAPACITY): Davis Wade Stadium/Scott Field WR Shay Hodge have connected for TDs in back-to- Little Rock. The MSU offense averages 140.3 rushing (55,082); Starkville, Miss. back games ... Sophomore DE Greg Hardy ranks third in yards and 168.0 passing yards per game. Sophomore the nation in both sacks (1.11 pg) and TFLs (2.00 pg) ... RB Anthony Dixon directs the ground game with 954 TV: Lincoln Financial (Dave Neal, play-by-play; Dave For the first time since 2000, the Bulldogs enter the Egg yards and an SEC-high 13 TDs. True freshman QB Archer, color analyst; Dave Baker, sideline reporter). A Bowl with a better overall record than the Rebels ... Ole Wesley Carroll has settled in at signal-caller and com- replay of the game will be available on Miss is looking to avoid its first winless SEC season pleted 113-of-209 passes for 1,223 yards with eight TDs OleMissSports.com, Saturday at 11 p.m., and on CSS, since 1982 ... This will mark the Rebels’ fifth TV appear- and five interceptions. Senior Tony Burks and junior Sunday at 1 p.m. ance of the year and third on Lincoln Financial. Jamayel Smith lead the receiving corps with 30 catches for 418 yards and 28 for 455, respectively. The Bulldogs RADIO: Ole Miss Radio Network (David Kellum, play-by- OLE MISS HEAD COACH ED ORGERON: Ed Orgeron rank fifth in the conference in both total defense (343.3 play; Pete Cordelli, color analyst; Stan Sandroni, sideline (Northwestern State, 1984) is in his third season as the ypg) and pass defense (188.3 ypg). Jamar Chaney is the reporter). XM Satellite Radio channel 231. Ole Miss head coach, having been hired on Dec. 16, top tackler with 73 total stops, while fellow junior LB 2004. He has a career coaching record of 10-24. Ole Dominic Douglas has recorded 69 tackles with eight POLLS: Neither Ole Miss nor Mississippi State appear in Miss is Orgeron’s first career head coaching position, TFLs. Senior DL Titus Brown is among the SEC leaders the top-25 rankings. although he possesses over 20 years of college coach- with 12 TFLs and eight sacks, and sophomore DB ing experience, most recently as an assistant head coach Anthony Johnson boasts three interceptions and eight SERIES INFO: This game will be the 104th meeting of on USC’s 2003 and 2004 national champion teams. pass break-ups. Junior K Adam Carlson has converted 8- one of the nation’s most-played rivalries. Ole Miss holds Orgeron is 1-1 against Mississippi State as a head of-11 field goals and 30-of-31 PATs. a 59-38-6 advantage in the series dating back to 1901. coach. The Ole Miss-Mississippi State series is tied with the 2007 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS North Carolina-Wake Forest series for the 16th longest in MISSISSIPPI STATE HEAD COACH SYLVESTER (6-5 OVERALL, 3-4 SEC) NCAA Division I-A history. The rivalry is also listed as the CROOM: Sylvester Croom is in his fourth season as the Aug. 30 * LSU . .L 0-45 10th longest uninterrupted series, as the NCAA consid- head coach at Mississippi State. He has led the Bulldogs Sept. 8 at Tulane . .W 38-17 ers Friday’s game the 92nd consecutive year that the two to a 15-30 record, in this his first career head coaching Sept. 15 * at Auburn . W 19-14 schools have faced each other. Neither team, however, assignment. Prior to taking the position at Mississippi Sept. 22 GARDNER-WEBB . W 31-15 fielded a squad in 1943 due to World War II. Friday’s State, Croom spent three seasons from 2001-2003 as an Sept. 29 * at South Carolina . .L 21-38 game will be the 80th “Battle of the Golden Egg,” as the assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers. Croom also Oct. 6 UAB (HC) . W 30-13 two schools started playing for the trophy in 1927. Ole served on NFL coaching staffs with Tampa Bay (1987- Oct. 13 * TENNESSEE . L 21-33 Miss holds a 53-21-5 advantage in the “Egg Bowl.” The 1990), Indianapolis (1991) and San Diego (1992-1996). Oct. 20 at West Virginia . L 13-38 home team has won seven of the last eight games. Ole Croom started his coaching career as a graduate assis- Oct. 27 * at Kentucky . W 31-14 Miss has taken four of the last five in the series, includ- tant on Paul “Bear” Bryant’s staff at Alabama in 1976. He Nov. 10 * ALABAMA . W 17-12 ing last year’s 20-17 triumph in Oxford. The series is tied then served as an assistant for the Crimson Tide from Nov. 17 * at Arkansas (Little Rock) . L, 31-45 at 8-8 in the last 15 meetings since the series returned to 1977-1986. Croom is 1-2 versus the Rebels. Nov. 23 * OLE MISS . 11:30 a.m. campus sites in 1991, after being played yearly in * —Southeastern Conference game Jackson from 1973-1990. The Rebels hold a 20-10-3 HOME GAMES IN CAPS All Times Central advantage in games played in Starkville. 2007 OLE MISS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION September 1 at Memphis (CSS) Memphis, Tenn. W, 23-21 TDs on offense, defense and special teams SEPTEMBER 8 MISSOURI OXFORD L, 38-25 Combined 1,093 yards of total offense September 15 at Vanderbilt* (PPV) Nashville, Tenn. L, 31-17 Wallace catches for 139 yards and 2 TDs SEPTEMBER 22 #3/3 FLORIDA* (LF) OXFORD L, 30-24 SEC’s #1 scoring O held 26 pts below avg September 29 at #15/16 Georgia* Athens, Ga. L, 45-17 Game tied at 17-17 in third quarter OCTOBER 6 LOUISIANA TECH (HC) OXFORD W, 24-0 First shutout since 2003 MSU game OCTOBER 13 ALABAMA* (LF) OXFORD L, 27-24 Rebels take 24-17 lead into fourth quarter OCTOBER 20 ARKANSAS* OXFORD L, 44-8 Worst loss since 2000 October 27 at #23/23 Auburn* (PPV) Auburn, Ala. L, 17-3 Down 7 in 4th, Rebels threaten at AU 20 NOVEMBER 3 NORTHWESTERN STATE OXFORD W, 38-31 Most points scored under Orgeron NOVEMBER 17 #1/1 LSU* (CBS) OXFORD L, 41-24 Rebs pile up 466 total offense vs. LSU D November 23 at Mississippi State* (LF) Starkville, Miss. 11:30 a.m. Ole Miss leads 59-38-6 * - SEC game (HC) - Homecoming All Times Central PAGE 2 – REBEL NOTES TEAM STATISTICS TOP REBEL PERFORMANCES OLE MISS OPPONENT CATEGORY MSU OPPONENT VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE 203 272 First Downs 196 200 75 129 By Rushing 94 93 Rushing Yards: Dou Innocent, 39-242 (TD); 11-25-1995 108 132 By Passing 89 86 Passing Yards: Mark Young, 19-37-1-334 (3 TDs); 11-26- 20 11 By Penalty 13 21 1988 71-529 77-620 Penalties-Yards 63-555 75-628 Receptions: Floyd Franks, 8-85; 11-30-1968; Chris Collins, 10-6 15-8 Fumbles-Lost 22-9 19-8 8-113-1; 11-27-2003 329 484 Rushing Attempts 442 399 Receiving Yards: Roell Preston, 7-150 (TD); 11-26-1994 1374 2308 Rushing Yards 1543 1704 All-Purpose Yards: Dou Innocent, 242; (11-25-1995) 4.2 4.8 Yards Per Rush 53.5 4.3 Points Scored: Showboat Boykin, 42 (7 TDs); 12-1-1951 124.9 209.8 Rushing Yards Per Game 140.3 154.9 360-189 360-235 Pass Attempts-Completions 316-165 333-187 SERIES HISTORY 2450 2500 Passing Yards 1848 2071 222.7 227.3 Passing Yards Per Game 168.0 188.3 Ole Miss leads 59-38-6 689 844 Total Offensive Plays 758 732 In Starkville: . .20-10-3, Ole Miss 3824 4808 Total Offense 3391 3775 In Oxford: . .20-10-3, Ole Miss 347.6 437.1 Total Offense Per Game 308.3 343.2 In Jackson, Miss.: . .18-12, Ole Miss* 227 325 Total Points 252 284 In Tupelo, Miss.: . .3-0, Mississippi State In Columbus, Miss.: . .1-0, Ole Miss In Clarksdale, Miss.: . .1-0, Mississippi State INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS In Greenwood, Miss.: . .2-0, Mississippi State OLE MISS MSU * - Ole Miss won 1976 and 1977 games by forfeit Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Longest Ole Miss Win Streak: . .6, 1930-35 and 1947-52 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 201 1020 5.1 5 Anthony Dixon 252 954 3.8 13 Longest Mississippi State Win Streak: . 13, 1911-1925 Bruce Hall 51 231 4.5 0 Christian Ducre 101 460 4.6 3 Largest Margin of Victory: .