- Oxford Football has only been held scoreless in a quarter once this season: The 2nd Quarter in the Starkville game.
- Oxford has started 1-0 in region play for the 3rd straight year. They defeated Center Hill the last two times to start 1-0.
- The Oxford team leader in yards from LOS is Kenzie Phillips at 557 yards (537 Rush, 20 Rec). No one else has more than 250 yards.
- Phillips also has 6 rushing Touchdowns - 2 more than any one player got last year.
- DK Metcalf who has caught 17 balls and Zach Cousar who has caught just 5 balls both have 3 Touchdown receptions this year.
- Jack Abarham last week was held without a Touchdown pass in a game for the first time this season, and the first time he threw more Interceptions than Touchdowns.
- Despite winning against West Point, this was the first time in all 9 meetings since 2005 Oxford did not throw a Touchdown pass against the Green Wave.
- West Point jumped offside once, bringing the total times Oxford has drawn the opponent offside count to 14 this year.
- Center Hill has yet to start 1-0 in region play in football. They lost to Oxford the last two years, lost to Lewisburg last week, Lafayette twice, and New Albany twice. Despite this, they did win region 1-5A in 2011 reeling off 6 straight after losing to Oxford and defeated West Point to win the title.
- Oxford Slow-Pitch Softball won its first game of the season last Saturday, defeating Greenville-Weston 14-11.
- Already, Ole Miss will be playing their second-to-last road game of the regular season - the last one being a trip to Starkville 8 weeks from yesterday. Ole Miss has 6 straight home games after this week.
- Before the 2013 season, Gus Malzahn - Auburn's HC, and Hugh Freeze - Ole Miss's HC, were the last two Head Coaches at Arkansas State in 2012 and 2011 respectively.
- Ole Miss has not played back-to-back games in Alabama in 80 years, the last time being in 1932.
- It was against Auburn that Ole Miss snapped its 16-game SEC losing skid last year.
- Auburn defeated Mississippi State 24-20 earlier this year, this will be the first opponent to draw Ole Miss & MSU comparisons of this season. MSU also played Auburn on the road.
- In case you did not know yet, former Ole Miss HC Ed Orgeron is the interim HC for USC. He will be the head coach for his first game since blowing a 14-0 lead to MSU en route to a 17-14 MSU win in the 2007 Egg Bowl. Lane Kiffin was fired last Sunday.
- 118 years ago in 1895, the first ever US Open Golf Tournament was played.
- A day from tomorrow in 2001, Barry Bonds broke the single-season Home Run record launching his 71st and 72nd on the last day of the season.
- Leave It To Beaver premiered on TV 56 years ago today.
- Today is the birthdays of Jered Weaver (31) of the LA Angels and Derrick Rose (25) of the Chicago Bulls.
- In Sweden, today is Cinnamon Roll Day.
- Today is World Animal Day
- Tomorrow - despite it falling on a Saturday this year - is World Teachers' Day.
- Tomorrow will be the 2-year anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs - Apple Inc. Founder and former CEO.