The 2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by fifth-year head coach Lane Kiffin.[1][2] The team played its home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.
Expectations were high for the Rebels going into the 2024 season as they were coming off of a 2023 season in which they won Peach Bowl, went 11–2 on the season, and finished #9. They were #6 in the preseason polls and started out 4–0 before suffering a shocking 20–17 loss at home to unranked Kentucky. The next week, they rebounded by beating South Carolina 27–3 in Columbia, however the week after that, they lost 29–26 to #13 LSU in overtime despite the Tigers never having the lead during regulation. This loss caused the Rebels to fall to 5–2 and #18, but they rebounded with a home win over Oklahoma and a road win over Arkansas (the latter of which featured a record-setting performance from Jaxson Dart in which he threw for 515 yards and 6 touchdowns in a 63–31 rout of the Razorbacks). Following those wins, they were 7–2 and returned home to face the #3 Georgia Bulldogs, whose only loss was to Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In front of a record crowd of 68,126, Ole Miss' defense dominated the game and the Rebels won 28–10, securing Lane Kiffin's first Top 5 win as Ole Miss' head coach. Fans stormed the field in celebration (although they had to be pushed back initially as they went on the field too early when 16 seconds were still on the clock) and they tore down the goalposts. This win helped Ole Miss keep their Playoff chances alive as they moved up to #11 in the College Football Playoff rankings. Additionally, Jaxson Dart became the winningest quarterback in program history. The Rebels were upset 24–17 by Florida on November 22 and fell to #14. They beat Mississippi State 26–14 in Jaxson Dart's final home game as a Rebel. They were not selected for the College Football Playoff, but they did receive an invite to the Gator Bowl, which they won 52–20 over Duke to finish 10–3. This was the first time since 1959–1960 that the Rebels had back-to-back 10-win seasons. Jaxson Dart would go on to be selected to the All-SEC First Team.
Three Rebels were selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.
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The SEC media poll was released on July 19, 2024. The Rebels were predicted to finish fourth in the conference.[5]
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Kicker/Punter
Long snappers
Offensive Lineman
Defensive Lineman
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Legend
Ole Miss and the SEC announced the 2024 football schedule on December 13, 2023.[2] The 2024 Rebels schedule consists of 7 home games and 5 away games for the regular season. Ole Miss will host four SEC conference opponents Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State (Egg Bowl) and Oklahoma at home and will travel to four SEC opponents, Arkansas (rivalry), Florida, LSU (Magnolia Bowl) and South Carolina to close out the SEC regular season on the road. The Rebels will have bye weeks that comes in week 8 and 12 (October 19 and November 16, respectively).
Oklahoma is one of two new members of the SEC that will join in July 2024, the Rebels will play the Sooners for the first since the 1999 season at the 1999 Independence Bowl.[2] Ole Miss will host Oklahoma for the time in program's history.[7]
With the two new teams to the SEC (Oklahoma and Texas) and the conference dropping divisions in a new scheduling format,[8] Ole Miss this season will not play notable SEC rivals for the first time in years; Alabama (1991), Auburn (1989) and Vanderbilt (1969).[9]
The 2024 season's out of conference opponents represent the ACC, CUSA, SoCon and the Sun Belt conferences. The Rebels will host three of their four non–conference games which are against Furman from the SoCon, Georgia Southern from the Sun Belt, and Middle Tennessee from CUSA. The Rebels will travel to Wake Forest from the ACC.[2][7]
‡New Vaught-Hemingway Stadium attendance record [10][11]
at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
at Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina
at Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas
*Statistics in italics set new single-game school records (although Jaxson Dart's six touchdown passes tied, rather than broke, the school record). Additionally, the 63 points scored tied the school record for most points scored against an SEC opponent.
*New Vaught-Hemingway Stadium attendance record
at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida
at EverBank Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida