Ole Miss Rebels football
Football team of the University of Mississippi
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| 2025 | Scheduled next matchup between Ole Miss and Tulane in Oxford. |
| 2024 | Ole Miss Rebels football will play under a new conference scheduling format, with Alabama and Auburn removed from the schedule for the first time since 1992, and Texas A&M off the schedule for the first time since 2012. |
| 2024 | Ole Miss Rebels football players are active in the NFL across multiple teams, with 23 players on active rosters or injured reserve and 6 players on practice squads during the 2024-25 NFL season. |
| 2024 | Patrick Willis, a linebacker from Ole Miss, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, cementing his legacy as an exceptional player from the university. |
| 2024 | Unveiled the second edition of WAV3 collaboration helmets with Realtree Outdoors during a game against Oklahoma. |
| 2024 | Revealed new alternate away uniforms during a game against Wake Forest, featuring a white jersey with powder blue numbers and stripes and red accents. |
| 2024 | Lane Kiffin coached Ole Miss to a 52-20 victory over Duke in the Gator Bowl. |
| November 9 2024 | The #16 Ole Miss Rebels defeated #3 Georgia 28-10 in front of a record crowd of 68,126, with quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Austin Simmons leading the victory. This was Ole Miss' first win over a Top 5 opponent since 2015 and Lane Kiffin's first Top 5 win as head coach. |
| June 14 2024 | The SEC announced the 2024 conference schedule for Ole Miss Rebels football, marking a significant change in conference scheduling with the elimination of division format and expansion to 16 teams. |
| March 20 2024 | 2025 conference schedule announced, maintaining the same opponent structure as 2024 but alternating home and away sites. |
| 2023 | Ole Miss defeated LSU 55-49 in a record-breaking home game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium with 66,703 attendees, eliminating LSU from the College Football Playoff. |
| December 30 2023 | For the first time in 129 seasons, the Rebels won 11 games by defeating No. 10 Penn State 38-25 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, recording the most points, passing yards, and total yards against Penn State's top-ranked defense. |
| November 24 2023 | Ole Miss defeated Mississippi State 17-7 in the Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving night, with Quinshon Judkins rushing for 119 yards and a touchdown, and Jaxson Dart throwing a crucial 26-yard touchdown pass. |
| June 14 2023 | SEC announced the 2024 conference schedule, which marks a significant change in the conference's format with the elimination of divisional play. |
| 2022 | Jersey number 74 of Ben Williams was retired, honoring his impact as a defensive tackle. |
| 2022 | Unranked LSU won convincingly 45-20 over No. 7 Ole Miss in Death Valley after the Rebels suffered a second-half collapse. |
| 2022 | Debuted alternate helmets in partnership with Realtree Outdoors, featuring a unique camouflage WAV3 design, during a game against Kentucky. |
| November 29 2022 | Ole Miss extended Kiffin's contract and increased his pay for a third time, amid rumors of potential Auburn interest. |
| 2021 | Lane Kiffin returns to Neyland Stadium as Ole Miss head coach, with #13 Ole Miss winning a close 31-26 game after a delay caused by fans throwing debris. |
| 2021 | No. 12 Ole Miss won 31-17 against LSU on the day Eli Manning's jersey was retired, breaking a long losing streak against LSU. |
| 2021 | Kiffin led the Rebels to their best regular-season record in school history, going 10-2 and finishing 11th in major polls. |
| December 4 2021 | Ole Miss extended Kiffin's contract and raised his pay for a second time. |
| January 2 2021 | Ole Miss signed Lane Kiffin to a contract extension and raise after his first season. |
| 2020 | Powder blue uniform combination became the primary home uniform, featuring white pants, powder blue jersey with white shoulder stripes, and powder blue helmet. |
| 2020 | Lane Kiffin coached Ole Miss to a 26-20 victory over Indiana in the Outback Bowl. |
| 2020 | Lane Kiffin becomes head coach, currently leading the team with a 44-18 record as of the time of this record. |
| 2019 | Patrick Willis inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. |
| 2019 | The NCAA punished Ole Miss by stripping the team of 33 wins over six seasons, including all four wins in 2010 and two wins in 2011, making those seasons the Rebels' first official winless ones in over a century. |
| December 7 2019 | Ole Miss hired Lane Kiffin as head coach under a four-year, $16.2 million contract, bringing extensive coaching experience from Florida Atlantic, Alabama, USC, Tennessee, and the NFL's Oakland Raiders. |
| November 2019 | In the Egg Bowl, Elijah Moore performed a post-touchdown celebration mimicking a urinating dog, which resulted in a penalty and contributed to Ole Miss losing the game 20-21. Matt Luke was subsequently dismissed as head coach after this game. |
| August 31 2019 | Memphis won the most recent matchup against Ole Miss 15-10, concluding their current series with no future games scheduled. |
| 2018 | The Rebel Black Bear mascot was replaced by the Landshark, referencing a celebratory hand symbol players began using in 2008. |
| 2017 | Ole Miss used special military-appreciation game helmets against Louisiana with an American flag design on the logo, which have been used multiple times since in both navy and powder blue variations. |
| 2017 | In the rivalry game against LSU, Ole Miss wore powder blue helmets with jersey numbers on each side, similar to a 1960s design. |
| November 2017 | Matt Luke was named the permanent head coach after leading the Rebels to a 6-6 record and winning the Egg Bowl against Mississippi State 31-28. |
| July 20 2017 | Matt Luke was named interim head coach of Ole Miss Rebels football following Hugh Freeze's resignation due to an escort scandal. |
| July 20 2017 | Hugh Freeze resigned after university officials discovered he had used a university-provided cell phone to contact an escort service. |
| 2016 | The athletic department banned 'Dixie' and related musical medleys. |
| 2016 | Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter reframed the 'Rebels' name as a positive term meaning someone who challenges the status quo, not a reference to the Confederacy. |
| 2016 | Played in the Sugar Bowl, defeating Oklahoma State 48-20, and achieved their first 10-win season since 2003. |
| 2015 | Memphis upset No. 13 Ole Miss 37-24, marking their first victory over a ranked team since 1996 and causing Ole Miss to drop 11 spots in the AP Poll. |
| 2015 | No. 22 Ole Miss upset No. 15 LSU 38-17, their largest margin of victory over LSU since 1992. |
| 2015 | Hugh Freeze led Ole Miss to a 48-20 win against Oklahoma State in the Sugar Bowl. |
| November 2015 | Ole Miss won the Egg Bowl convincingly 38-27, marking their first road win against Mississippi State since 2003 and their first back-to-back wins since 2003-04. |
| September 19 2015 | Head Coach Hugh Freeze's No. 15 Rebels beat the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide 43-37 in Tuscaloosa, marking the first time Ole Miss had beaten Alabama twice in a row and becoming the third coach to defeat a Nick Saban-coached team in back-to-back years. |
| 2014 | Wesley Walls inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. |
| 2014 | The Ole Miss-Memphis football rivalry was resumed, with Ole Miss winning 24-3 and extending their winning streak to six consecutive games. |
| 2014 | No. 24 LSU upset No. 3 Ole Miss 10-7 on a last-minute interception by Rebels' quarterback Bo Wallace. |
| 2014 | Powder blue helmet was reintroduced and began to be used in over half of the team's games, often paired with red or white jerseys. |
| 2014 | The 11th-ranked Rebels defeated No. 3-ranked Alabama for the first time since 2003, with QB Bo Wallace throwing 3 touchdown passes and the nation's 2nd ranked defense. |
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