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Rebels Add Home-and-Home Series with UConn and Purdue
By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
Photo by Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss Athletics
Twitter: @OleMissPix
Next season, Ole Miss will step on the gridiron against UConn in a home-and-home series that was announced by the university on Thursday.
The Rebels will play the UConn Huskies on Oct. 24, 2020. Originally, Ole Miss was scheduled to face a matchup against Middle Tennessee. The Rebels and Blue Raiders will now face off on Sept. 7, 2024, in a home contest for Ole Miss.
When these two programs face-off, it will be the first-ever meeting on the gridiron.
Ole Miss has also agreed to a home-and-home series partnership with Purdue beginning in 2033.
The Big Ten opponent visits Ole Miss in 2033, followed by a rematch the following season as the Rebels make the trip to West Lafayette, Indiana, in 2034.
Purdue and Ole Miss have only faced each other once with a 27-7 Boilermaker victory in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1929. The last present-day Big Ten school to visit Oxford was in 1952 when the Rebels defeated Maryland, 21-14, at Hemingway Stadium.
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | L, 24-17 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | W, 26-14 |
| Thu, Jan 2 |  | vs Duke (Gator Bowl) | 6:30 PM • ESPN |
Loretta
October 26, 2019 at 6:06 pm
Both of these opponents are examples of Ole Miss’s fear of good competition.
Hard as it is to believe, dropping Middle Tennessee State for Connecticut is a downgrade. Purdue has a good season about once a decade.
Ole Miss football will always be second-tier as long as its leaders are afraid to schedule top opponents. It’s hard to be good when you’re gutless.