Ole Miss vs. LSU by the numbers
No. 7 Ole Miss (7-0, 3-0) at LSU (5-2, 3-1)
2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (CBS)
Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
0 Losses for Ole Miss against LSU when the Rebels are ranked in the AP Poll and the Tigers are not. Ranked Ole Miss teams have a 9-0-1 record against unranked LSU opponents. On Oct. 29, 1960, unranked LSU and No. 2 Ole Miss played to a 6-6 tie. The Rebels won the ranked/unranked meetings in 1941, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1990, 1999 and 2021.
1 Team in the nation has two 600-yard rushers this season – Ole Miss, with RB Quinshon Judkins and RB Zach Evans. Twenty-six players in the nation have reached 600 rushing yards in 2022. Judkins has 720 yards and 10 TDs on 121 rushing attempts, and Evans has 605 yards and seven TDs on 100 rushing attempts.
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1 8-0 record for Ole Miss during the SEC era, a mark the Rebels would own again if they defeat LSU. Ole Miss won its first eight games in 1962 on the way to a 10-0 finish.
3 Players in the nation have at least 1,500 passing yards and 400 rushing yards in the 2022 season, including LSU QB Jayden Daniels, who has 1,564 passing yards and 403 rushing yards. The other 1,500/400 players are Duke QB Riley Leonard and UCF QB John Rhys Plumlee, who played for Ole Miss the previous three seasons.
3 TD passes for Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart in each of the past two games after he has five TD passes in the Rebels’ first five games of the season. Dart completed 25-of-33 passes for 448 yards with three TDs and two interceptions in a 52-28 victory over Vanderbilt on Oct. 8 and 9-of-19 passes for 130 yards with three TDs and one interception in a 48-34 victory over Auburn on Oct. 15.
4 Victories in five games for LSU when playing an undefeated, top-10 Ole Miss team in Tiger Stadium. Unlike any of those games, LSU isn’t ranked, too, on Saturday. In 1958, No. 1 LSU defeated No. 6 Ole Miss 14-0. In 1959, No. 1 LSU defeated No. 3 Ole Miss 7-3. In 1961, No. 6 LSU defeated No. 2 Ole Miss 10-7. In 2014, No. 24 LSU defeated No. 3 Ole Miss 10-7. In 1962, No. 6 Ole Miss defeated No. 4 LSU 15-7 in Baton Rouge.
6 Consecutive losses for Ole Miss in Baton Rouge. The Rebels haven’t won at Tiger Stadium since a 31-13 victory in 2008. LSU leads the series 42-24-1 in Baton Rouge.
9 Victories for LSU and five victories for Ole Miss since the teams began playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008.
12 LSU homecoming games have featured Ole Miss as the opponent, including Saturday’s game. The Tigers have a 7-3-1 homecoming record against the Rebels and a 67-25-3 overall mark in the game.
24 Rushing TDs have been scored by Ole Miss in 2022, tied with Georgia and Michigan for the most in the nation. The LSU defense has yielded nine rushing TDs in 2022.
30 Consecutive starts apiece for Ole Miss RG Jeremy James and LG Nick Broeker.
48 Rushing yards are needed by Jayden Daniels to break the LSU single-season quarterback record. Jordan Jefferson set the mark with 450 in 2010. With six rushing TDs, Daniels is one away from tying the LSU single-season QB mark set by David Woodley in 1979 and equaled four times since.
110 Previous meetings between Ole Miss and LSU. LSU leads the series 64-42-4.
308 Yards and three TDs on 14 receptions for LSU WR Kayshon Boutte in Ole Miss’ previous visit to Tiger Stadium. Boutte set the SEC single-game record for receiving yards in LSU’s 53-48 victory. In six games this season, Boutte has 23 receptions for 245 yards and one TD.
718 Yards and 10 TDs on 121 rushing attempts for Ole Miss RB Quinshon Judkins, the most rushing yards in the nation for a freshman in 2022.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.