The Ole Miss football program won its first bowl title since the 2016 Sugar Bowl with a 26-20 victory over No. 11 Indiana at the 2021 Outback Bowl on Saturday.
“I think it’s exciting for recruits (and) for fans especially,” head coach Lane Kiffin said. “Our fans have been through some rough years. We won the Egg Bowl and a bowl game, and that’s about as good as it gets in year one. Now, we’ve got to get better.”
After an aggressive comeback effort from the Hoosiers in the second half, the game-winning drive from the Ole Miss offense included a 44-yard catch by sophomore John Rhys Plumlee that set up a touchdown for wide receiver Dontario Drummond with four minutes left on the clock.