Vanderbilt Football 2021 Opponent Preview: Ole Miss

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Date: November 20, 2021

All-time series record: Ole Miss leads, 51-40-2

Last meeting: October 31, 2020; Ole Miss won, 54-21

Last season: 5-5, 36th in SP+

Head coach: Lane Kiffin (second year, 5-5; 10th year overall, 67-39)

The energy around the Ole Miss football program is 180 degrees different from where it was at the end of the 2019 season.

Matt Luke got fired at the tail end of a 4-8 campaign, in which the wins came against awful Arkansas and Vanderbilt teams, as well as nonconference games against Southeastern Louisiana and New Mexico State. Sure, the Rebels were competitive, with five of the eight losses coming by one score — but nobody seemed to have much…