Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Game Preview: Tulane Renews Acquaintances With No. 16 Ole Miss

09.17.21

TULANE at OLE MISS
Saturday, Sept. 18 • 8 p.m. • ESPN2
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038/Natural Grass)
Oxford, Mississippi

 
Television
ESPN2
Anish Shroff, Mike Golic Jr. and Taylor McGregor

Radio
KVDU-FM 104.1 (Tulane flagship)
SiriusXM 390/983
 

THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 70th meeting between Tulane and Ole Miss in a series that started in 1893 … Ole Miss holds a 41-28 series lead and has won the last nine meetings … Tulane’s last win against the Rebels was in Oxford in 1988 … Ole Miss was a 39-0 winner in New Orleans in 2012 the last time the teams met.

-/rv TULANE
1-1, 0-0 American

Head Coach
Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ’83)
30-34, sixth season at Tulane
184-103, 25th season as collegiate head coach

Notes
Tulane, which dropped a 40-35 heartbreaker at No. 2 Oklahoma in its season-opener, rebounded for an easy 69-20 win against Morgan State last week in Birmingham, Alabama … Last week’s game was slated for Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, but was moved in the wake of Hurricane Ida … Tulane has averaged 52.0 points and 490.0 yards per game in 2021 … QB Michael Pratt has completed 35 of 57 passes for 420 yards and five touchdowns without an interception in two games … WR Tyrick James has been the top target with eight catches for 142 yards and a touchdown … Tulane’s 69-point performance against Morgan State marked the Green Wave’s fourth 60-point game under head coach Willie Fritz … The Green Wave had not scored 60 points since 1998 before Fritz took over.
 

17/16 OLE MISS
2-0, 0-0 SEC
 
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin (Fresno State ’98)
6-5, second season at Ole Miss
67-39, 10th season as collegiate head coach

Notes
Ole Miss has fashioned a 2-0 start as the Rebels have scored wins against Louisville (43-24) and Austin Peay (54-17) in 2021 … Ole Miss has dropped only one home nonconference game since 2012 (a 28-20 loss to California in 2019) … The Rebels are 54-15 against nonconference opponents since 1994 … QB Matt Corral has averaged 376.0 yards of total offense through two games and led the nation with 384.9 ypg in 2020 … Corral has completed 43 of 65 passes for 662 for six touchdowns without an interception … RB Henry Parrish Jr. has a team-high 110 yards on 16 carries … WR Dontario Drummond leads the Rebels with 15 receptions for 284 yards and three touchdowns … SS Jake Springer is a transfer from Navy who was a second team American Athletic Conference pick in 2019.