2020 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 2020 Ole Miss Rebels football team will represent The University of Mississippi in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels will play their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They will be led by first-year head coach Lane Kiffin.

2020 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coachLane Kiffin (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorJeff Lebby (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorD. J. Durkin (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorChris Partridge (1st season)
Home stadiumVaught–Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 64,038)
2020 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Florida  0 –0      –  
Georgia  0 –0      –  
Kentucky  0 –0      –  
Missouri  0 –0      –  
South Carolina  0 –0      –  
Tennessee  0 –0      –  
Vanderbilt  0 –0      –  
West Division
Alabama  0 –0      –  
Arkansas  0 –0      –  
Auburn  0 –0      –  
LSU  0 –0      –  
Mississippi State  0 –0      –  
Ole Miss  0 –0      –  
Texas A&M  0 –0      –  
Championship: December 19, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the SEC will play a conference-only schedule.
As of August 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Rebels finished the 2019 season 4–8, 2–6 in SEC play to finish in sixth place in the Western Division. Head coach Matt Luke was fired on December 1, 2019 following an overall three-year record of 15–21 and SEC record of 6–18.[1] Lane Kiffin was hired on December 7 following two conference championships in three seasons at Florida Atlantic.[2]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

SEC media poll

To be announced.

Recruiting

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School
Otis Reese6DB6'3"210JuniorLeesburg, GAGeorgia, will redshirt during 2020 season.
Tavius RobinsonDL6'8"240JuniorGuelph, ONGuelph, will be eligible to play in 2020 since U Sports canceled their 2020 season.
Kenny Yeboah84TE6'5"240RS SeniorAllentown, PATemple, will be eligible to play in 2020 since Yeboah graduated from Temple University.
Jacob SpringerLB6'1"206SeniorKansas City, MONavy, will redshirt during 2020 season.
Deane LeonardDB6'2"SeniorCalgary, ABCalgary, will be eligible to play in 2020 since U Sports canceled their 2020 season.

Reference:[3][4]

Schedule

Ole Miss had games scheduled against Baylor, Georgia Southern, Southeast Missouri State, and UConn, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][7]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26Florida
October 3at Kentucky
October 10Alabama
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
October 17at Arkansas
October 24Auburn
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
October 31at Vanderbilt
November 14South Carolina
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
November 21at Texas A&M
November 28Mississippi State
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)
December 5at LSU
Schedule Source:[8][9]

Coaching staff
Coach Title Year at Ole Miss Previous job
Lane Kiffin Head Coach 1st Florida Atlantic
Jeff Lebby OC/QB 1st UCF (OC/QB)
D. J. Durkin Co-DC/LB 1st Atlanta Falcons (consultant)
Chris Partridge Co-DC/S 1st Michigan (S/STC)
Deke Adams DL 1st Mississippi State (DL)
Terrell Buckley CB 1st Mississippi State (CB)
Randy Clements OL/RGC 1st Florida State (OL)
Joe Jon Finley TE/PGC 1st Texas A&M (TE)
Blake Gideon STC 1st Houston (STC)
Derrick Nix WR 13th Atlanta Falcons (OA)
Kevin Smith RB 1st Florida Atlantic (RB)

References
  1. "Ole Miss Announces Change in Football Leadership". Ole Miss Athletics. December 1, 2019.
  2. "Kiffin Named Head Football Coach at Ole Miss". Ole Miss Athletics. December 7, 2019.
  3. @Kenny_Yeboah84 (January 17, 2020). "Go time❗️Thank you...lets go! @JOE_JON_FINLEY @Lane_Kiffin @Coach_Leb" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. @otisreese13 (January 18, 2020). "Even in my darkest times, I have always believed, the light would shine & it's TIME!!! @OleMissFB , @Lane_Kiffin , @CoachCPartridge 🔴🔵⚪️🦈🦈COMMITTED ❗️❗️❗️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. Dellenger, Ross. "Sources: SEC Adopts Conference-Only Schedule With Sept. 26 Start". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  7. Dellenger, Ross (7 August 2020). "SEC's New Schedule: Winners, Losers and... Mizzou". si.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. "Football Announces 2020 Schedule" (Press release). University of Mississippi Department of Athletics. August 7, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  9. "Football Makes Change to 2020 Schedule, Adds Home-and-Home Series with Purdue" (Press release). University of Mississippi Department of Athletics. October 24, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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