SEC Football Preview: Ole Miss vs. SE Louisiana

Ole Miss and SE Louisiana logos

Ole Miss hosts SE Louisiana on Saturday in Oxford. 14Powers.com previews the game and predicts the final score of this contest.

Team Schedules/Results

Ole Miss

Date Opponent Result
08/31/19 @ Memphis L 10-15
09/07/19 Arkansas W 31-17
09/14/19 Southeastern La.
09/21/19 California
09/28/19 @ Alabama
10/05/19 Vanderbilt
10/12/19 @ Missouri
10/19/19 Texas A&M
11/02/19 @ Auburn
11/09/19 New Mexico St.
11/16/19 LSU
11/28/19 @ Mississippi St.

SE Louisiana

Date Opponent Result
08/29/19 Jacksonville State W 35-14
09/07/19 @ Bethune-Cookman Cancelled
09/14/19 @ Ole Miss
09/21/19 Lamar
09/28/19 @ Northwestern State
10/05/19 @ McNeese
10/12/19 UIW
10/26/19 @ Houston Baptist
11/02/19 Stephen F. Austin
11/09/19 @ Central Arkansas
11/16/19 @ Abilene Christian
11/21/19 Nicholls

ESPN FPI

Ole Miss: 42

SE Louisiana: NR, FCS

Key Stats

Stat SE Louisiana Ole Miss
Rushing Offense 274.0 158.5 (70)
Passing Offense 273.5 169.5 (107)
Total Offense 547.5 328.0 (105)
Scoring Offense 44.0 20.5 (98)
Rushing Defense 169.5 126.5 (58)
Total Defense 249.0 362.5 (66)
Scoring Defense 18.0 16.0 (34)
Interceptions 2 1 (61)
Sacks 2.50 2.5 (51)
Tackles for loss 14.5 9.0 (19)
Turnover margin -1.0 -0.5 (77)
3rd Down Conv. 0.462 (21) 0.360 (91)
3rd Down Conv. DEF 0.400 (56) 0.344 (61)

()= NCAA rank

Players to Watch

Ole Miss

OL, Alex Givens, TE Octavious Cooley, DL Benito Jones, DL Josiah Coatney, LB Mohamed Sanogo, KR Jaylon Jones. .

SE Louisiana

QB Chason Virgil, RB Devonte Williams, WR Austin Mitchell, RG Alfred Beverly, LG Jarius Gooch, DE Josh Carr Jr., DT Fred Brown, CB Dejion Lynch.

Injuries

Ole Miss

None reported.

SE Louisiana

None reported.

Source: Donbest.com

Comments

Ole Miss should win this game. The projected margin of victory is changed because Ole Miss doesn’t seem quite as strong as thought in preseason. SE Louisiana’s dominating win over Jacksonville State, one of the stronger FCS programs, also effected this prediction.

Our Preseason Prediction

Ole Miss 35, SE Louisiana 10

In-Season 14Powers.com Prediction

Ole Miss 34, SE Louisiana 17

Saturday‘s game kicks off at 3:00 PM CT (4:00 PM ET). Watch on the SEC Network.

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