Connect with us

Headlines

Rebels Add Home-and-Home Series with UConn and Purdue

Published

on

By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com

Photo by Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss Athletics
Twitter: @OleMissPix

Next season, Ole Miss will step on the gridiron against UConn in a home-and-home series that was announced by the university on Thursday.

The Rebels will play the UConn Huskies on Oct. 24, 2020. Originally, Ole Miss was scheduled to face a matchup against Middle Tennessee. The Rebels and Blue Raiders will now face off on Sept. 7, 2024, in a home contest for Ole Miss.

When these two programs face-off, it will be the first-ever meeting on the gridiron.

Ole Miss has also agreed to a home-and-home series partnership with Purdue beginning in 2033.

The Big Ten opponent visits Ole Miss in 2033, followed by a rematch the following season as the Rebels make the trip to West Lafayette, Indiana, in 2034.

Purdue and Ole Miss have only faced each other once with a 27-7 Boilermaker victory in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1929. The last present-day Big Ten school to visit Oxford was in 1952 when the Rebels defeated Maryland, 21-14, at Hemingway Stadium.


Sports Editor

Advertisement
1 Comment

1 Comment

  1. Loretta

    October 26, 2019 at 6:06 pm

    Both of these opponents are examples of Ole Miss’s fear of good competition.

    Hard as it is to believe, dropping Middle Tennessee State for Connecticut is a downgrade. Purdue has a good season about once a decade.

    Ole Miss football will always be second-tier as long as its leaders are afraid to schedule top opponents. It’s hard to be good when you’re gutless.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

2024 Ole Miss Football

Sat, Aug 31vs Furman W, 76-0
Sat, Sep 7vs Middle TennesseeW, 52-3
Sat, Sep 14@ Wake ForestW, 40-6
Sat, Sep 21vs Georgia SouthernW, 52-13
Sat, Sep 28vs KentuckyL, 20-17
Sat, Oct 5@ South CarolinaW, 27-3
Sat, Oct 12vs LSUL, 29-26 (2 OT)
Sat, Oct 26vs OklahomaW, 26-14
Sat, Nov 2@ ArkansasW, 63-35
Sat, Nov 16vs GeorgiaW, 28-10
Sat, Nov 23@ FloridaL, 24-17
Sat, Nov 30vs Mississippi StateW, 26-14