OLEMISSSPORTS.COM OLEMISSSPORTS #OLEMISS OLEMISSFB.COM OLEMISSFOOTBALL #HOTTYTODDY OLEMISSREBELS.COM @OLEMISSFB #GOREBELS @OLEMISSSPORTS @WEAREOLEMISS #WAOM @OLEMISSFB @OFFICIALOMFB #RISEUPREBELS @REBELGAMEDAY #WEARNAVY 2016 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES @COACHHUGHFREEZE #BEATTAMU 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 6 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 24 BOWL WINS | 37 BOWL APPEARANCES | 659 ALL-TIME VICTORIES 57 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS | 22 NFL FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS | 286 PRO DRAFT SELECTIONS | 24 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS GAME 10 OLE MISS COACHING STAFF Date: Saturday, Nov . 12, 2016 On the field: Time: 6:30 p .m . CT Hugh Freeze . Head Coach Location: College Station, Texas Grant Heard . Wide Receivers Venue: Kyle Field (102,733) Jason Jones . Cornerbacks/Co-Defensive Coord . Surface: Natural grass Chris Kiffin. Defensive Line Ole Miss Rankings: NR (AP), NR (Coaches) Matt Luke . Offensive Line/Co-Offensive Coord . TAMU Rankings: 10 (AP), 11 (Coaches) Derrick Nix . Running Backs Ole Miss Series: Texas A&M leads 6-2 #8 Texas A&M John Kyle Davis . Offensive GA In College Station: Texas A&M leads 2-1 Emmanuel McCray . Offensive GA REBELS AGGIES Live Stats: OleMissSports .com Davis Merritt . Defensive GA (4-5, 1-4 SEC) (7-2, 4-2 SEC) Live Audio: OleMissSports .com Christian Robinson . Defensive GA In the press box: Head Coach: Hugh Freeze Twitter Updates: @OleMissFB Head Coach: Kevin Sumlin Corey Batoon . Safeties/Special Teams Coord . Career: 68-30/8th Career: 78-35/9th Maurice Harris . Tight Ends At OM: 38-23/5th At TAMU: 43-18/5th Dan Werner . Quarterbacks/Co-Offensive Coord . Dave Wommack . Safeties/Defensive Coord . WHAT TO WATCH FOR • Ole Miss leads the SEC and ranks 15th nationally with 316 .4 passing yards per game . TV - SEC NETWORK • This is the ninth meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Texas A&M, dating back to 1911 . The Aggies lead the Brent Musburger, Play-by-Play series 6-2, but the Rebels have won back-to-back meetings . Ole Miss won its last trip to College Station, a 35-20 Jesse Palmer, Analyst Kaylee Hartung, Sideline triumph in 2014 . The series is tied 2-2 since A&M joined the SEC . • With the game against No . 8 Texas A&M, all six of the Rebels’ SEC opponents so far have been ranked at the time OLE MISS IMG NETWORK of the game . David Kellum, Play-by-Play • Six of the Rebels’ first eight opponents were ranked in the top 25 . Harry Harrison, Analyst • The Rebels have scored first in eight of nine games and have not trailed at halftime this year . Richard Cross, Sideline/Pre- & Post-Game Brett Norsworthy, Pre- & Post-Game • Ole Miss is tied for ninth nationally with three defensive touchdowns this season . • Ole Miss is 36-5 under Freeze when allowing less than 30 points, 2-18 when opponents score 30 or more . SIRIUS XM SATELLITE RADIO • Senior QB Chad Kelly, the SEC leader in passing (306 .4 ypg), total offense (343 .3 ypg) and passing TDs (19), is Sirius 83, XM 190 out for the rest of the season after a torn ACL and torn lateral meniscus against Georgia Southern . • Ole Miss could start a freshman at QB for the first time since 1998 (David Morris) . • Senior TE Evan Engram leads all TEs in the nation with 5 .9 catches/game and an SEC-best 86 .1 receiving ypg . 2016 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION Sept . 5 vs . #4/4 Florida State^ (ESPN) Orlando L, 34-45 Rebels led by as much as 22 in the first half; First season-opening loss under Freeze Sept . 10 WOFFORD (SEC Network) OXFORD W, 38-13 Chad Kelly throws 3 TDs, 0 INTs; Five different Rebels score touchdowns Sept . 17 #1/1 ALABAMA* (CBS) OXFORD L, 43-48 Rebels led by 21 in 2nd quarter; Kelly throws for career-high 421 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs Sept . 24 #12/11 GEORGIA* (ESPN) OXFORD W, 45-14 Rebels’ most points and largest margin of victory vs . UGA in series history Oct . 1 MEMPHIS (HC) (ESPN2) OXFORD W, 48-28 Rebel offense racks up 624 total yards (5th-most in school history), 263 rushing yards Oct . 15 at #22/22 Arkansas* (ESPN) Fayetteville L, 30-34 First time this year Rebels didn’t score first or lead at the half; Engram: 7 catches, 111 yards Oct . 22 at #25/23 LSU* (ESPN) Baton Rouge L, 21-38 Rebels held scoreless in a half (second half) for first time since Oct . 3 last year at Florida Oct . 29 #15/17 AUBURN* (SEC Network) OXFORD L, 29-40 Chad Kelly breaks school record with 465 passing yards (36 of 59, 3 TDs, 1 INT) Nov . 5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN (ESPNU) OXFORD W, 37-27 Judd rushes for 139 yards and a TD; Kelly accounts for three total TDs (1 pass, 2 rush) Nov . 12 at #8 Texas A&M* (SEC Network) College Station 6:30 p .m . Texas A&M leads 6-2 (Rebels have won two straight) Nov . 19 at Vanderbilt* (SEC Network) Nashville 7 p .m . Ole Miss leads 50-38-2 (Rebels have won three straight) Nov . 26 MISSISSIPPI STATE* OXFORD TBA Ole Miss leads 63-43-6 (Rebels have won two straight) * - SEC game ^ Camping World Kickoff (HC) - Homecoming Rankings - CFP or AP/Coaches All Times Central OLEMISSSPORTS.COM MEDIA INFORMATION | 2 OLE MISS MEDIA RELATIONS OLE MISS MEDIA SCHEDULE - TEXAS A&M WEEK Kyle Campbell* ........... Associate A.D./Media & PR SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Email: kyle@olemiss .edu Duties: Primary Contact, Interviews • Practice closed • Practice closed • Practice open to • SEC teleconference • Practice closed • Practice closed No interviews media first 20 11:20 a .m . No interviews No interviews Joey Jones* .............................Associate Director • Freeze press minutes Email: joeyj@olemiss .edu • Interview conf at. 11:15 a .m . • Practice closed Duties: Game Notes, Stats, Photos requests for in Manning Center • Assistant coaches Adam Kuffner* ..........................Assistant Director Monday press Team Meeting Room and players avail- • Freeze and Email: kuffner@olemiss .edu conference due to able after practice assistant coaches Duties: Game Program, Game Notes kyle@olemiss .edu • Selected players available after by 3 p .m . available following practice Jessica Poole ............................Assistant Director press conference Email: jepoole1@olemiss .edu Duties: Player Interviews • Reb Talk radio Daniel Snowden .......................Associate Director show (7-8 p .m ., Email: desnowde@olemiss .edu Buffalo Wild Wings) Duties: Credentials Brandon Lee .............................Assistant Director 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 Email: bmlee@olemiss .edu Meeting Room at the Manning Center, which is adjacent to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field . Various Ole Miss coaches and staff will take the podium first and will be followed by Coach Hugh Freeze at approximately 11:30 a .m ., and quarterback Chad Kelly after Freeze . Members of the Kim Ling .................................. Associate Director media unable to attend the Monday press conference may participate via the telephone beginning at 11:30 a .m . Email: kling@olemiss .edu Ashley Mangrum .................Senior Staff Assistant PRACTICES: Viewing is permitted for approved media for select portions of practice on Tuesdays during the season . If you do not regularly attend practices, please contact Media Relations prior to your visit for exact details on times and location . Media are forbidden from reporting (e .g . tweeting, Email: ash1@olemiss .edu blogging, etc .) on anything related to practice until after the post-practice interviews . This includes media who leave practice early . Videographers and * Football Contacts photographers must use tight shots and no formations . On available days, video is permitted for individual drills only, and media will be alerted which 908 All-American Dr . portions of practice (including stretch) are available for video . Use of footage from practices must be limited to three minutes per day . If you have not University, MS 38677 previously attended practices, please contact the Media & PR office for prior approval and daily alerts on practice locations and times . 662 .915 .7522 AUDIO/VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: Press conferences, media opportunities, practices and any form of competition may not be broadcast live, including Periscope and related media, without prior consent of the athletics department . Audio/video use of content from press conferences and media SEC TELECONFERENCE opportunities is limited to five minutes per individual (coach or student-athlete) per day, and use of footage from practices is limited to three minutes per day . This includes content attained via FTP, which should be credited to Ole Miss Athletics . Ole Miss offers free FTP downloads of game highlights and interviews with coaches and players for television stations to use during regularly scheduled news/sportscasts . To access the Ole Miss FTP site, Coach Hugh Freeze will be available on the weekly SEC please contact Ole Miss Sports Productions at 662-915-3407 or [email protected] . Teleconference every Wednesday from Aug . 31-Nov . 23, from 11:20-11:30 a .m . (CT) . The number is avail- WORKING CREDENTIALS: To request game credentials, go to Ole Miss’ online credentialing site: www.sportssystems.com/OleMiss . Credential re- quests must be made by the sports director of each media outlet and are limited to those media who will be attending the game in a working capacity . able through the SEC office at (205) 348-3000 . PHOTOGRAPHERS: Per NCAA rule, images or likeness of current student-athletes may not be sold, distributed or used for commercial purposes . Below is the order of participants: MEDIA GATE: Media will enter Gate 35 on the west side of the stadium beginning three and a half (3 .5) hours prior to kickoff . The media will-call 10:00 a .m . - Les Miles, LSU table will be located there, and photographers will exchange their photo ticket for an armband at this location .