LSU vs. Ole Miss by the numbers
No. 13 LSU (3-1, 2-0) at No. 20 Ole Miss (3-1, 0-1)
5 p.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN)
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi
1 Reception for 16 yards against Alabama last week for Ole Miss WR Zakhari Franklin. Franklin’s first reception with the Rebels came after he caught 262 passes in the preceding four seasons with UTSA. Franklin has more career receptions than any player in the nation.
2 Of the top four receivers in the SEC are LSU WRs. Malik Nabers has 523 yards and five TDs on 32 receptions to rank second, and Brian Thomas Jr. has 413 yards and five TDs on 25 receptions to rank fourth.
MORE SEC FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS:
5 TDs were accounted for by LSU QB Jayden Daniels during the Tigers’ 45-20 victory over Ole Miss last season. Daniels completed 21-of-28 passes for 248 yards with two TDs and no interceptions and ran for 121 yards and three TDs on 23 carries against the Rebels. This season, Daniels has accounted for at least four TDs in each of LSU’s past three games, with five TD passes against Grambling State, two TD passes and two TD runs against Mississippi State and four TD passes against Arkansas.
6 Players in major-college football history have had at least 10,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards, including LSU QB Jayden Daniels. In the Tigers’ 37-34 victory over Arkansas last week, Daniels completed 20-of-29 passes for 320 yards with four TDs and one interception to boost his career total to 10,234 passing yards. Daniels had 36 yards on nine carries against the Razorbacks to run his rushing-yardage total to 2,366. The other players with at least 10,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards are TCU’s Trevone Boykin, Baylor’s Robert Griffin III, Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick, Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota. Current LSU head coach Brian Kelly also was LeFevour’s head coach.
7 Victories for LSU and three victories for Ole Miss when both teams are ranked, which is the case on Saturday. The lower-ranked team has won five of the 10 games, including the past three.
10 Victories for LSU and five victories for Ole Miss since the teams began playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008.
97 Yards are needed by Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart to become the 12th player in school history with 5,000 yards of total offense. Dart has 4,070 passing yards and 833 rushing yards since joining the Rebels from Southern Cal for the 2022 season.
111 Previous meetings between Ole Miss and LSU. LSU leads the series 65-42-4. LSU has an 11-8-1 record in Oxford.
297 Victories as a college head coach for LSU’s Brian Kelly, the most among current NCAA FBS head coaches. Kelly has a 297-102-2 career record.
FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE SEC, GO TO OUR SEC PAGE
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.