Ole Miss vs. Middle Tennessee: How to watch, live stream, start time, TV channel
The 2024 season got off to as good of a start as No. 6 Ole Miss could ask for, beating Furman 76-0 and sending a message to the rest of the country that the Rebels are what every said they were all preseason.
While the Paladins were not much of a challenge things start to gradually get get more difficult for Ole Miss (1-0) the remaining 11 games, starting on Saturday with Middle Tennessee. Derek Mason returns as the first-year head coach of the Blue Raiders and is no stranger to preparing for a Southeastern Conference opponent.
The Blue Raiders (1-0) needed a touchdown in the closing seconds to defeat Tennessee Tech last Saturday and avoid a bad loss to open its season.
Jaxson Dart and the Rebels offense will look to continue the hot start it had last weekend where the senior quarterback needed only two quarters to throw for over 400 yards and five touchdowns, rushing for a sixth.
Fifth-year head coach Lane Kiffin issued a challenge to his offensive line and running backs to try and get the ground game going in Week 2 after sputtering some against Furman in the opener.
The Blue Raiders are the last home test before the Rebels hit the road for the first time next weekend, traveling to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to play Wake Forest before hosting Georgia Southern in two weeks to close out the non-conference slate.
Ole Miss football vs. Middle Tennessee game info
Teams: No. 6 Ole Miss (1-0) vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (1-0)
Date: September 7, 2024
Location: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss.
Time: 3:20 p.m. CT
Television: SEC Network (Dave Neal, Aaron Murray, Ashley ShahAhmadi)
Radio: 105.1 FM, 105.5 FM and 93.7 FM locally in Oxford. Full Ole Miss Radio Affiliates.
Fun Facts
— This marks the second all-time meeting between the Rebels and Blue Raiders. The Rebels won the first meeting, 45-17, in Oxford in 2001.
— Ole Miss’ 772 yards of total offense against Furman are the second-most by a Rebel offense, No. 7 in SEC history and the most by any SEC team since 2019 … Kiffin owns five of the seven 700-yard games in Ole Miss history.
— QB Jaxson Dart is one of five active FBS QBs with 8,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards … Since halftime at No. 1 Georgia last fall, Dart is 86-of-127 (67.7%) for 1,204 yards, 12 TD and 0 INT.
— The Rebel defense held Furman to 172 yards of total offense, the fewest of the Kiffin era and the fewest overall since 2014 … Furman’s 23 rushing yards were also the fewest allowed by Ole Miss since 2014.
The Ole Miss Spirit’s Middle Tennessee Week Coverage:
GameDay Primer: MTSU could bring more fireworks for Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss football
Scouting Middle Tennessee: What Ole Miss should watch for against the Blue Raiders
Reb Talk Review: Ole Miss could ‘potentially’ get Jordan Watkins back for Middle Tennessee
Ivey League: Raymond Collins is ready to celebrate for the Ole Miss defense
