2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2024 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
CFPNo. 11
Record8–2 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCharlie Weis Jr. (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJoe Cox (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorPete Golding (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBryan Brown (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumVaught–Hemingway Stadium (Capacity 64,038)
Uniform
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Texas   5 1     9 1  
No. 15 Texas A&M   5 1     8 2  
No. 12 Georgia   6 2     8 2  
No. 7 Tennessee   5 2     8 2  
No. 10 Alabama   4 2     8 2  
No. 11 Ole Miss   4 2     8 2  
No. 21 South Carolina   5 3     7 3  
No. 23 Missouri   3 3     7 3  
No. 22 LSU   3 3     6 4  
Vanderbilt   3 3     6 4  
Arkansas   3 4     5 5  
Florida   3 4     5 5  
Oklahoma   1 5     5 5  
Auburn   1 5     4 6  
Kentucky   1 6     4 6  
Mississippi State   0 6     2 8  
Championship: December 7, 2024
As of November 18, 2024
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team represents the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels are led by fifth-year head coach Lane Kiffin.[1][2] The team plays 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, who's 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.

  1. ^ Eckert, David (June 14, 2023). "Ole Miss football's 2024 SEC schedule includes Oklahoma, Georgia and Florida". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Eckert, David (December 13, 2023). "Ole Miss football's 2024 schedule is complete: See the full list of opponents, dates". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Retrieved December 17, 2023.