OLE MISS ATHLETICS LOGOS STYLE GUIDE [ OLE MISS PRIMARY VERTICAL ] NO STROKE [ OLE MISS PRIMARY VERTICAL ] OLEMISSSPORTS.COM OLEMISSSPORTS #OLEMISS OLEMISSGAMEDAY.COM OLEMISSFOOTBALL #HOTTYTODDY @OLEMISSSPORTS @OLEMISSFB #FINSUPREBELS @OLEMISSFB @WEAREOLEMISS #WAOM @REBELGAMEDAY @OLEMISSFB #BEATTECH @COACHMATTLUKE #WEARWHITE 2018 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 6 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 24 BOWL WINS | 37 BOWL APPEARANCES | 666 ALL-TIME VICTORIES 58 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS | 23 NFL FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS | 294 PRO DRAFT SELECTIONS | 24 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS GAME 1 OLE MISS COACHING STAFF [ OLEDate: MISS Saturday, PRIMAR Sept. 1, 2018 Y HORIZONTAL ] [ OLE MISS PRIMARY HORIZONTAL ] On the field: Time: 11 a.m. CT Matt Luke. .Head Coach Location: Houston, Texas Phil Longo ...........Quarterbacks/Offensive Coord. Venue: NRG Stadium (71,795) Wesley McGriff. Defensive Coord. Surface: Grass Jason Jones ............Safeties/Co-Defensive Coord. Series: Ole Miss leads 3-2 Jack Bicknell, Jr. .....................Offensive Line Neutral: Ole Miss leads 3-0 Derrick Nix. Running Backs Streak: Ole Miss, W1 Jacob Peeler. .Wide Receivers Ole Miss Texas Tech Live Stats: OleMissSports.com Freddie Roach .....................Defensive Line REBELS RED RAIDERS Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Jon Sumrall. Linebackers (0-0, 0-0 SEC) (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) Viktor Irokansi. .Defensive GA Twitter Updates: @OleMissFB Mason Martin. Offensive GA Head Coach: Matt Luke Head Coach: Kliff Kingsbury Career: 6-6/2nd Career: 30-33/6th In the press box: At OM: 6-6/2nd At Tech: 30-33/6th Charles Clark. .Cornerbacks Maurice Harris . Tight Ends WHAT TO WATCH FOR Tayler Polk. .Defensive GA Josh Snow ..........................Offensive GA • This game will kick off the 124th season of football at Ole Miss and the second under head coach Matt Luke ... The Rebels boast an all-time record of 666-517-35 (.561 winning percentage) ... Ole Miss did not field teams in 1897 due to an epidemic of yellow fever, and also in 1943 when football was abolished at all Mississippi state-supported ESPN institutions by the Board of Trustees. Mark Jones, Play-by-Play Dusty Dvoracek, Analyst • The Rebels are 91-27-5 (.760 winning percentage) in season openers and have taken 18 of the last 21. Molly McGrath, Sideline • This is the sixth overall meeting between Ole Miss and Texas Tech ... The Rebels are 14-12 all time against the cur- rent members of the Big 12. OLE MISS IMG NETWORK David Kellum, Play-by-Play • Matt Luke is in his 11th season at Ole Miss and second season at the helm, taking the reins of his alma mater as Harry Harrison, Analyst the 38th head coach in program history. Richard Cross, Sideline Brett Norsworthy, Pre- & Post-Game • Ole Miss returns eight starters and 25 lettermen from last year’s offense that led the SEC in passing and ranked top 20 nationally in total offense, passing and redzone offense ... The Rebels return seven starters and 27 letter- SIRIUS XM SATELLITE RADIO men from last year’s defense. Sirius 103, XM 191 Scott Graham, Announcer • Preseason All-American WR A.J. Brown is coming off a sophomore campaign that saw him set a new single-season Al Groh, Announcer program record in receiving yards (1,252). Jason Horowitz - Pre-Game/Halftime Show • Ole Miss set 10 school records during the 2017 campaign. 2018 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION Sept. 1 vs. Texas Tech (ESPN) Houston 11 a.m. Ole Miss leads 3-2 (All three Ole Miss wins have come at neutral sites) Sept. 8 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (SEC Alt.) OXFORD 3 p.m. Ole Miss leads 2-0 (Rebels won last meeting 42-24 in Oxford in 2011) Sept. 15 ALABAMA (ESPN)* OXFORD 6 p.m. Alabama leads 49-11-2 (Ole Miss has won two of the last four) Sept. 22 KENT STATE OXFORD TBA First meeting Sept. 29 at LSU* Baton Rouge TBA LSU leads 61-41-4 (LSU has won four straight in Baton Rouge) Oct. 6 ULM (HC) OXFORD TBA Ole Miss leads 3-0 (Rebels won last meeting 59-0 in Oxford in 2008) Oct. 13 at Arkansas* Little Rock TBA Arkansas leads 35-28-1 (Ole Miss leads series 8-6-1 in games played in Little Rock) Oct. 20 AUBURN* OXFORD TBA Auburn leads 31-11 (Road team has won three of the last four) Nov. 3 SOUTH CAROLINA * OXFORD TBA Ole Miss leads 8-7 (Rebels have won five of the last seven) Nov. 10 at Texas A&M* College Station TBA Texas A&M leads 7-3 (Rebels have won two straight in College Station) Nov. 17 at Vanderbilt* Nashville TBA Ole Miss leads 51-39-2 (Rebels have won four of the last five) Nov. 22 MISSISSIPPI STATE* (ESPN) OXFORD 6:30 p.m. Ole Miss leads 64-44-6 (Ole Miss has won three of the last four) * - SEC game (HC) - Homecoming Rankings - AP/Coaches All Times Central PRIMARY COLOR INFORMATION THIS OLE MISS LOGO STYLE GUIDE AS OF 6/7/2016 COLORPHEX ANTONE COLORPANTONE Do not alter these marks in anyway and do not use any mark not listed on this sheet. 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Specialist and players avail- • Luke and players Email: [email protected] • Coordinators will able after practice available after Duties: Flipcard, Stats follow Luke at practice press conference • RebTalk radio Alex Sims ..................................Comm. Specialist show (7-8 p.m., Email: [email protected] Boure) Duties: Game Program Mitch Praxl ................................Comm. Specialist WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE: Ole Miss will begin its weekly fall press conferences tomorrow (August 27) 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 11:30 Email: [email protected] a.m. Defensive coordinator Wesley McGriff and offensive coordinator Phil Longo will follow Coach Luke at the podium. Members of the media unable to Caitie Smith ...............................Comm. Specialist attend the Monday press conference may watch live on SEC Network+ (on the ESPN app) or on the Ole Miss Athletics Facebook page. Email: [email protected] PLAYER/ASSISTANT INTERVIEWS: Coordinators will take part in the Monday press conference. Select players and assistant coaches will be available Tyler Wooten .............................Comm. Specialist 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 Email: [email protected] room. There is no availability on Thursday or Friday. Ashley Mangrum .................Senior Staff Assistant 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- Email: [email protected] 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 per day. Videographers and photographers must use tight shots and not formations. If you have not previously attended practices, please contact the 908 All-American Dr. Communications office for prior approval and daily alerts on practice locations and times. University, MS 38677 662.915.7522 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. This includes content attained via FTP, which should be credited to Ole Miss Sports Productions. Ole Miss offers free FTP downloads of practice foot- SEC TELECONFERENCE age, interviews and game highlights for television stations to use during regularly scheduled news/sportscasts. To access the Ole Miss FTP site, please contact Seth Austin with Ole Miss Sports Productions at [email protected] or 662-816-3436. Coach Matt Luke will be available on the weekly SEC 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 Teleconference every Wednesday from Aug. 29-Nov. regularly attend practices, press conferences and other on-campus events may purchase a Vendor Permit from Campus Parking (www.olemiss.edu/ 21, from 11:20-11:30 a.m. CT. The number is avail- 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. able through the SEC office at (205) 348-3000. Below is the order of participants: PHOTOGRAPHERS: Per NCAA rule, images or likeness of current student-athletes may not be sold, distributed or used for commercial purposes. WORKING CREDENTIALS: To request game credentials, go to Ole Miss’ online credentialing site: www.sportssystems.com/OleMiss.