TULANE at OLE MISS
Saturday, September 20 | 3:30 p.m. ET
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038/Natural Grass)
Oxford, Mississippi
Television
ESPN
Mark Jones, Roddy Jones and Quint Kessenich
Radio
WRKN-FM 106.1 (Tulane flagship)
SiriusXM 380
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 73rd meeting between Tulane and Ole Miss in a series that dates to 1893 … The Rebels hold a 44-28 series lead and have won 13 straight games on the field against Tulane, though a 2010 victory was later vacated … Tulane’s last win against Ole Miss was a 14-9 decision in Oxford in 1988.
rv/rv TULANE
3-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall (Kentucky ’05)
12-5, second season at Tulane
35-9, fourth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Tulane is off to a 3-0 start after the Green Wave took a 34-27 victory against Duke last Saturday in New Orleans … Tulane opened with a 23-3 win against Northwestern and went on the road for a 33-31 decision against South Alabama in Week 2 … Head coach Jon Sumrall improved his career winning percentage to .795, standing behind only Ohio State’s Ryan Day (.880), Oregon’s Dan Lanning (.864) and Georgia’s Kirby Smart (.850) among active FBS coaches … Tulane has been led by QB Jake Retzlaff, the transfer from BYU who has completed 46 of 78 passes for 522 yards and two touchdowns and is the Green Wave’s leading rusher with 288 yards and six TDs on the ground … Retzlaff rushed for 111 yards and four touchdowns on 17 carries in the win against Duke.
13/11 OLE MISS
3-0, 2-0 SEC
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin (Fresno State ’98)
47-18, sixth season at Ole Miss
108-52, 14th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Ole Miss finds itself in the national polls for the 36th consecutive week after the Rebels improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in SEC play with a 41-35 win against Arkansas last Saturday … The Rebels are 3-0 for the fifth straight season and have won 29 of their last 32 home games … Ole Miss is 15-1 at home since the start of the 2023 season … QB Austin Simmons missed most of the game against Arkansas due to injury but returned to throw a TD pass against the Razorbacks … Simmons has thrown for 580 yards and four touchdowns with four interceptions … QB Trinidad Chambliss, a transfer from Ferris State where he led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Division II Championship, got the start against Arkansas and accounted for 415 yards of total offense and three touchdowns.