Kickoff is set for 7:55 p.m. (ET)/6:55 p.m. (local) and will be broadcast nationally on SEC Network, as well as on ESPN+ or the ESPN app. The game will also be available via radio on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. Here's all you need to know about the game:
Game 4: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 • 7:55 PM (ET)/6:55 PM (local)
Location: Oxford, Miss. (Vaught-Hemingway Stadium; 64,038)
Records:
#5 Ole Miss: 3-0, 0-0 SEC
Georgia Southern: 2-1, 0-0 SBC
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: SEC Network
PBP: Tom Hart, Analyst: Jordan Rodgers, Sidelines: Cole Cubelic
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Frank Sulkowski and Anthony Beck II
Radio Affiliates (PDF)
GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
MISS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
Inside The Series
Overall Record: UM leads, 1-0
In Statesboro: Never Met
In Oxford: UM leads, 1-0
At Neutral: Never Met
Kiffin vs. GS: Never Met
Helton vs. UM: Never Met
Helton vs. Kiffin: Never Met
Current Streak: UM, won one (2016-)
Last Meeting: UM 37, GS 27 (2016)
Longest GS Streak: N/A
Longest UM Streak: One (2016-present)
Largest GS Win: N/A
Largest UM Win: 10 (2016 in Oxford)
GS vs. current SEC Members: 1-14
GS vs. teams from Mississippi: 2-1
GS in state of Mississippi: 0-1
Helton vs. current SEC schools: 2-1
Helton at Vaught-Hemingway: 0-0
Of Note:
- This will be the second meeting between Georgia Southern and Ole Miss when the Rebels leading 1-0 after earning a 37-27 win at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in 2016. Eagle receiver coach BJ Johnson was a captain and a starter for the Eagles in that game.
- Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton was hired by now Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin to be the quarterbacks coach in 2010 at USC. In 2013, Kiffin promoted Helton to the Trojans' offensive coordinator. Helton went on to serve as USC's interim head coach twice before being named the permanent head coach in late 2015.
- Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart originally signed with USC and now Eagle head coach Clay Helton in 2021 before transferring to Ole Miss in 2022.
- This will be the first Georgia Southern game on natural grass since Arkansas (2021) and the first under Helton.
- Georgia Southern is 1-14 all-time against current teams from Southeastern Conference. The Eagles' lone win came against Florida in The Swamp to end the 2013 season.
Countdown to Kickoff
10: Ten different players for Georgia Southern have caught at least two passes thus far through three games.
9: Linebacker Marques Watson-Trent is leading the Southern defense with 28 tackles, an average of just over nine per game.
8: Jalen White is ranked eighth in the FBS with five rushing touchdowns.
7: The Eagles have played seven previous games at top-10 SEC schools when the host was ranked in the top 10 as Ole Miss is this week. They have also played five games when the host was ranked in the top 5 like the Rebels are in the AP Poll.
6: The kick return defense (7 ypr) and the punt return defense (-2.5 ypr) of the Eagles are both ranked sixth in the FBS.
5: Georgia Southern has lost its past five games played on grass. This is the first time the Eagles have played on grass since 2021 when they played back-to-back games on grass at FAU and Arkansas. Clay Helton-led teams are 34-13 on grass in his tenure at USC and Southern.
4: This will be Clay Helton's fourth game against a team currently in the SEC with him posting a 2-1 record. He lost to Alabama to open the 2016 season in Arlington, Texas, and split with Texas (2017 and 2018).
3: The free safety spot for the Eagles has had three different starters in the first three games due to injuries.
2: This will be the second meeting between Georgia Southern and Ole Miss when the Rebels leading 1-0 after earning a 37-27 win at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in 2016.
1: Georgia Southern has one win all-time against an SEC school. The Eagles defeated Florida in The Swamp to end the 2013 season.
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Sept. 28 at Georgia State - Atlanta - 3:30 p.m. - ESPNU