Johnny Cash was arrested in Starkville in 1965 for public drunkenness (though Cash claimed he was in jail for picking flowers at 2:00 a.m.). He later wrote a song about the incident, “Starkville City Jail.”
Johnny Cash
2026 Rebels Football
| Sun, Sept. 6 |  | vs Louisville, Nashville | 6:30 PM, ABC |
| Sat, Sep 12 |  | vs Charlotte | 6:45 PM, ESPN2/SECN |
| Sat, Sep 19 |  | LSU | 6:30 PM, ABC |
| Sat, Sep 26 |  | @ Florida | TBD |
| Sat, Oct 10 |  | @ Vanderbilt | TBD |
| Sat, Oct 17 |  | Missouri | TBD |
| Sat, Oct 24 |  | @ Texas | TBD |
| Sat, Oct 31 |  | vs Auburn | TBD |
| Sat, Nov 7 |  | vs Georgia | TBD |
| Sat, Nov 14 |  | @ Oklahoma | TBD |
| Sat, Nov 21 |  | vs Wofford | TBD |
| Sat, Nov 28 |  | vs Mississippi State | 11:00 AM, ABC |
