2016 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2016 Ole Miss Rebels football

Conference	Southeastern Conference Western Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Hugh Freeze (5th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Matt Luke (5th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Dan Werner (5th year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Dave Wommack (5th year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jason Jones (4th year)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 64,038)

2016 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
Florida		0	–	0		0	–	0
Georgia		0	–	0		0	–	0
Kentucky		0	–	0		0	–	0
Missouri		0	–	0		0	–	0
South Carolina		0	–	0		0	–	0
Tennessee		0	–	0		0	–	0
Vanderbilt		0	–	0		0	–	0
Western Division
Alabama		0	–	0		0	–	0
Arkansas		0	–	0		0	–	0
Auburn		0	–	0		0	–	0
LSU		0	–	0		0	–	0
Mississippi State		0	–	0		0	–	0
Ole Miss		0	–	0		0	–	0
Texas A&M		0	–	0		0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Ole Miss Rebels football team will represent the University of Mississippi in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels play their home games at the newly renovated Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They are led by fifth year head coach Hugh Freeze.

Previous season and offseason

Main article: 2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2016 recruiting class

The 2016 National Signing Day is Wednesday, February 3, 2016. The Rebels currently have a total 20 commits as of January 8, headlined by 5 star quarterback Shea Patterson and 5 star offensive tackle Gregory Little according to 247 sports.

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Ole Miss	Alma mater (Year)
Hugh Freeze	Head Coach	5th	Southern Miss (1992)
Matt Luke	Assistant Head Coach/Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line	5th	Ole Miss (2000)
Dan Werner	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	5th	Western Michigan (1983)
Maurice Harris	Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator For Offense	5th	Arkansas State (1998)
Grant Heard	Wide Receivers	5th	Ole Miss (2001)
Derrick Nix	Running Backs	9th	Southern Miss (2002)
Jason Jones	Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks	4th	Alabama (2001)
Dave Wommack	Associate Head Coach for Defense/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers	5th	Missouri Southern State (1978)
Chris Kiffin	Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator For Defense	5th	Colorado State (2005)
Corey Batoon	Special Teams Coach/Safeties	2nd	Long Beach State (1991)
Paul Jackson	Head Strength & Conditioning Coach	5th	Montclair State (2006)

Schedule

Ole Miss announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Rebels will host SEC foes Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, and Mississippi State, and will travel to Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt.^[1]

The Rebels will host three of its four non–conference games against Georgia Southern from the Sun Belt Conference, Memphis from the American Athletic Conference and Wofford from the Southern Conference. Ole Miss will start the season at a neutral site in Orlando, Florida on Labor Day against Florida State of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Date	Opponent^#	Site
September 5	vs. Florida State*	Orlando Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Orlando Kickoff)
September 10	Wofford*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
September 17	Alabama	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)
September 24	Georgia	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
October 1	Memphis*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)
October 15	at Arkansas	D.W.R. Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Rivalry)
October 22	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)
October 29	Auburn	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 5	Georgia Southern*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 12	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX
November 19	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)
November 26	Mississippi State	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

Florida State

Ole Miss vs. Florida State
(Orlando Kickoff)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0
Seminoles	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 5th
Location: Orlando, Florida

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
1–0	October 7, 1961	Ole Miss, 33–0

The Rebels will begin the 2016 campaign on Labor Day in Orlando for the their second ever matchup against Florida State, hoping to start the season off on the right foot. Ole Miss will be looking to win to help contribute to a fifth consecutive bowl appearance.

Wofford

Wofford @ Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 10th
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
First Meeting

Ole Miss will play their home opener against Wofford, which will be Ole Miss's first home game since the expansion to over 64,000 in Vaught–Hemingway. This will be the first meeting between Ole Miss and Wofford.

Alabama

Alabama @ Ole Miss
(Alabama–Ole Miss football rivalry)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson Tide	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 17th
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
11–48–2	September 19, 2015	Ole Miss, 43–37

The Rebels will enter the SEC home opener against the Alabama Crimson Tide, where Ole Miss will be looking to win their third consecutive game against the Tide, which would make it the first time that Ole Miss has ever beaten Alabama three times in a row, following two six points victories by the Rebels in 2014 and 2015.

Georgia

Georgia @ Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 24th
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
12–32–1	November 3, 2012	Georgia, 37–10

Ole Miss will enter their fourth game of the season against their inter-divisional opponent, Georgia, and the Rebels will be hoping to get their first win over the Bulldogs since 1996.

Memphis

See also: 2016 Memphis Tigers football team and Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry

Memphis @ Ole Miss
(Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 1st
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
48–11–2	October 17, 2015	Memphis, 37–24

Ole Miss will be hoping to avenge their 2015 loss to Memphis and increase their home winning streak against them to 4. Memphis, on the other hand, will be looking to win back to back games against Ole Miss since 2003–04.

Arkansas

Ole Miss @ Arkansas
(Arkansas–Ole Miss football rivalry)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0
Razorbacks	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 15th
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
28–33–1	November 7, 2015	Arkansas, 53–52 ^OT

Ole Miss will be looking to get their first road win in Fayetteville since 2008, and also hoping to avenge last season's heartbreaking overtime loss to the Razorbacks. Arkansas will be looking to win their third straight game against Ole Miss.

LSU

Ole Miss @ LSU
(Magnolia Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 22nd
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
41–59–4	November 21, 2015	Ole Miss, 38–17

The Rebels will be looking to get only their second road win against LSU since the creation of the Magnolia Bowl trophy (the other one coming in 2008), while the Tigers will hoping to increase their home winning streak against Ole Miss to four straight games.

Auburn

Auburn @ Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 29th
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
11–29	October 31, 2015	Ole Miss, 27–19

Ole Miss will be looking to get consecutive wins over Auburn for the first time since 1951–52, and will be hoping to get their third win in five seasons in the series all time.

Georgia Southern

Georgia Southern @ Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 5th
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
First Meeting

Ole Miss will be hoping to win their first ever meeting against the Eagles of Georgia Southern, who just one season nearly pulled off a massive upset over the Georgia Bulldogs. It will be the second to last game home game for the Rebels.

Texas A&M

Ole Miss @ Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0
Aggies	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 12th
Location: College Station, Texas

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
2–6	October 24, 2015	Ole Miss, 23–3

The Rebels will be looking to get their third all–time (and third consecutive) victory over the Aggies, while Texas A&M will be looking to get their first home win over Ole Miss since 1975.

Vanderbilt

Ole Miss @ Vanderbilt
(Vanderbilt–Ole Miss football rivalry)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0
Commodores	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 19th
Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
50–38–2	September 26, 2015	Ole Miss, 27–16

The Rebels will enter their rivalry matchup against the Commodores looking to get their fourth consecutive win over Vanderbilt and their third straight road win against the Commodores. Vanderbilt will be hoping to get their first home win against the Rebels since 2009.

Mississippi State

Mississippi State @ Ole Miss
(Egg Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Rebels	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 26th
Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Sources:

Overall Record	Previous Meeting	Previous Winner
63–43–6	November 28, 2015	Ole Miss, 38–27

Ole Miss will be hosting their biggest rivals, Mississippi State on senior day in Oxford having won seven of their last eight home games against the Bulldogs. Mississippi State will be looking to win in Oxford for the first time since 2010.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

↑ "2016 Ole Miss Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of Mississippi Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
↑ "2016 Ole Miss Rebels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

Ole Miss Rebels football

Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–1996)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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