3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 6 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 21 BOWL WINS | 33 BOWL APPEARANCES | 626 ALL-TIME VICTORIES 22012012 RREBELEBEL FFOOTBALLOOTBALL GGAMEAME NNOTESOTES Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations | PO Box 217 | University, MS 38677 | 662-915-7522 Web: OleMissSports.com, OleMissFB.com | Facebook: Facebook.com/OleMissSports, Facebook.com/OleMissFootball Twitter: @OleMissNow, @OleMissFB, @RebelGameday, @CoachHughFreeze 54 FIRST-TEAM ALL AMERICANS | 19 NFL FIRST ROUND PICKS | 279 PRO DRAFT SELECTIONS | 216 TELEVISION APPEARANCES Date: Nov. 24, 2012 RANKINGS Time: 6 p.m. CT Ole Miss . BCS-NR/AP-NR/Coaches-NR Location: Oxford, Miss. Mississippi State . .BCS-NR/AP-t25/Coaches-24 Venue: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Capacity: 60,580 TV (ESPNU) Surface: FieldTurf Clay Matvick . Play-by-Play Series: Ole Miss leads 60-42-6 Matt Stinchcomb . Analyst Allison Williams . Sideline In Oxford: Ole Miss leads 21-11-3 Mississippi State In Egg Bowl: Ole Miss leads 54-25-5 Ole Miss RADIO (OLE MISS NETWORK) BULLDOGS Satellite Radio: Sirius 94, XM 198 REBELS David Kellum . Play-by-Play Live Stats: OleMissSports.com Harry Harrison . Analyst (8-3, 4-3 SEC) Live Blog: OleMissSports.com (5-6, 2-5 SEC) Stan Sandroni . Sideline/Locker Room Twitter Updates: @OleMissFB Head Coach: Dan Mullen Head Coach: Hugh Freeze Brett Norsworthy . Pre- & Post-Game Host Career: 29-20/4th Career: 35-13/4th Richard Cross . Pre- & Post-Game Host At MSU: 29-20/4th At UM: 5-6/1st Web: OleMissSports.com RebelVision (subscription) OLE MISS COACHING STAFF WHAT TO WATCH FOR... On the field: Hugh Freeze . Head Coach • With five wins, the Rebels need one more to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2009. Tom Allen . Linebackers, Special Teams • This game is the 109th meeting of one of the nation’s most-played rivalries ... Ole Miss holds a 60-42-6 advantage Grant Heard . .Wide Receivers in the series dating back to 1901 ... The Ole Miss-Mississippi State series is tied with the Michigan-Ohio State series for Chris Kiffin . Defensive Line Matt Luke . .Offensive Line/Co-Offensive Coord. the 15th-longest in NCAA Division I-A history ... The rivalry is also tied for the eighth-longest uninterrupted series, as Wesley McGriff . .Cornerbacks/Co-Defensive Coord. the NCAA considers Saturday’s game the 98th consecutive year that the two schools have faced each other ... Neither Derrick Nix . Running Backs team, however, fielded a squad in 1943 due to World War II ... Saturday’s game will be the 85th “Battle of the Golden Ben Aigamaua. .Offensive GA Egg,” as the two schools started playing for the trophy in 1927. Ole Miss holds a 54-25-5 advantage in the “Egg Bowl.” Tray Scott . Defensive GA • Saturday is Senior Night for 22 members of the Ole Miss football team. Ryan Trevathan . .Offensive GA Kane Wommack . Defensive GA • Ole Miss has dropped its last two games by a total of seven points (vs. Vanderbilt, at No. 7 LSU). In the press box: • Ole Miss encounters its fifth ranked opponent of the year ... Ole Miss is 58-141-2 all-time versus ranked teams ... Maurice Harris . Tight Ends The last win over a top-25 team was a 21-7 triumph over No. 18 Oklahoma State in the 2010 Cotton Bowl. Dan Werner . Quarterbacks/Co-Offensive Coord. • Ole Miss has surpassed last year’s total number of wins, points, touchdowns and yards. Dave Wommack . .Safeties/Defensive Coord. • Ole Miss has scored in 35 of its 38 red zone trips (92.1 percent), 2nd-best in the SEC and T-7th in the NCAA. • The Rebels rank second in the SEC and top 15 in the NCAA in TFLs/game (7.6) and sacks/game (2.8). 2012 OLE MISS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME ATTENDANCE NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION Sept. 1 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (PPV/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 49-27 50,544 Most points and yards in a game since the 2010 Fresno State game Sept. 8 UTEP (FSN/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 28-10 53,133 Rebels pile up more than 500 yards of offense for the second straight game Sept. 15 #12/14 TEXAS (ESPN/ESPN3) OXFORD L, 31-66 61,797 Largest non-conf crowd on Ole Miss campus; Moncrief - 7 catches, 144 yards Sept. 22 at Tulane (FSN) New Orleans W, 39-0 28,913 First shutout since Mississippi State in 2008 Sept. 29 at #1/1 Alabama* (ESPN/ESPN3) Tuscaloosa L, 14-33 101,821 Rebels hold Crimson Tide to six second-half points Oct. 6 TEXAS A&M* (ESPNU) OXFORD L, 27-30 55,343 Rebels held 10-point lead in 4th quarter; forced 6 Texas A&M turnovers Oct. 13 AUBURN* (HC) (SEC Network/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 41-20 57,068 First SEC win since Oct. 2, 2010; most points against Auburn since 1992 Oct. 27 at Arkansas* (SEC Network/ESPN3) Little Rock W, 30-27 55,378 Bryson Rose (3-for-3 FGs) hits game-winning 31-yarder as time expires Nov. 3 at #6/7/6 Georgia* (CBS) Athens L, 10-37 92,746 Ole Miss led 10-0 in the second quarter; Rebels sack UGA five times Nov. 10 VANDERBILT* (ESPNU) OXFORD L, 26-27 60,572 Bo Wallace throws for career-high 403 yards Nov. 17 at #7/8/8 LSU* (CBS) Baton Rouge L, 35-41 92,872 Rebels led 28-20 after 3 quarters; Moncrief - 6 catches, 161 yards, 2 TD Nov. 24 #25/24 MISSISSIPPI STATE* (ESPNU) OXFORD 6 p.m. Ole Miss leads 60-42-6 * - SEC game (HC) - Homecoming Rankings - BCS/AP/Coaches All Times Central OLEMISSSPORTS.COM REBEL ALL-STARS | 2 OLE MISS ALL-STAR CANDIDATES BO WALLACE BRYSON ROSE #14 | QB | So. | 6-4 | 204 | Pulaski, Tenn. #81 | K | Sr. | 5-11 | 203 | Raleigh, N.C. Has helped turn around the Ole Miss offense with his A two-time SEC Special Teams Player of the Week this ability to pass and run ... Fifth in the SEC, 45th in the year ... In league play, leads all SEC players in scoring NCAA in total offense (261.1 ypg) ... Tied for fourth in (8.1 ppg) and all qualified kickers in field-goal per- the SEC in points responsible for (12.6/game) and fifth centage (80.0, 12 of 15) ... Ranks fifth in the SEC in in passing (231.7 ypg) ... Second on team with 323 scoring in all games (7.6 ppg), fourth among kickers rushing yards (fourth-most among SEC QBs) ... Against Auburn, became first ... Has connected on 15-of-22 field goals and a perfect 39-of-39 on PATs ... player in school history to run, pass and catch a touchdown ... Threw for 403 Has made 14-of-17 FGs from inside 50 yards ... Top four in school history in yards vs. Vanderbilt ... Conerly Trophy nominee for Mississippi’s top college player. career scoring (4th, 224). field goals (4th, 40) and PATs (3rd, 104). DONTE MONCRIEF C.J. JOHNSON #12 | WR | So. | 6-3 | 216 | Raleigh, Miss. #10 | DE | So. | 6-3 | 233 | Philadelphia, Miss. One of the nation’s elite receivers with his ability to Rebels’ most talented defensive lineman who has be- leap and make acrobatic catches ... Ranks fifth in come more of a dominant force each week ... Leads the SEC and 59th in the NCAA with 70.5 receiving team with 4.5 sacks ... Tied for 12th among SEC yards per game ... Fourth among SEC players with players with 0.41 sacks per game ... Sixth on team seven touchdown catches ... Sixth in the SEC with 4.8 with 48 tackles ... Had 1.5 sacks at No. 6 Georgia ... catches per game ... Top 10 in school history in receiving TDs for a season (7) Recovered a fumble for a touchdown vs. Auburn ... Week 1 SEC Co-Defensive and career (11) ... Biletnikoff Award Watch List ... Midseason All-SEC second Lineman of the Week after making six stops and a sack against UCA. team (Phil Steele). JEFF SCOTT CODY PREWITT #3 | RB | Jr. | 5-7 | 170 | Miami, Fla. #25 | FS | So. | 6-2 | 214 | Bay Springs, Miss. Elite speedster who plays much bigger than his Has been a constant in the Rebel lineup as a hard- 5-foot-7, 170-pound frame ... Ranks 12th in the SEC hitting free safety ... Second on team with 71 tackles with 71.7 rushing yards per game ... 14th in the SEC ... Also has 4.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles with 92.9 all-purpose yards per outing ... Has scored and two interceptions ... Career-high 13 tackles at No. seven touchdowns ... Boasts six career 100-yard 1 Alabama ... Team-high 11 stops at No. 6 Georgia ... rushing games, with three this year (111 vs. UTEP, 108 vs. Texas A&M, 137 Tallied six tackles, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and an interception vs. Auburn) ... Preseason All-SEC first team running back (USA Today) ... Paul vs. Texas A&M ... Midseason All-SEC third team (Phil Steele). Hornung Award Preseason Watch List. AARON MORRIS CHARLES SAWYER #72 | OG | So. | 6-5 | 330 | Jackson, Miss. #3 | DB | Jr. | 5-11 | 181 | Miami, Fla. Ole Miss coaches call him the most talented and ex- A team leader on defense who switched from safety to plosive of the team’s offensive linemen ... Has started cornerback four games into the season ... Has been a every game at left guard and helped the Rebel of- lockdown corner since the move ... Tied for fourth on fense dramatically improve over last year’s offense the team with 52 tackles ... Also has 3.5 tackles for in every area ... Helps Ole Miss rank top five among loss and six passes defended ... Intercepted a pass SEC teams in total offense (5th, 417.7 ypg) and passing (5th, 253.8 ypg) ..