Mississippi Rebels Gator Bowl Betting Online
This was supposed to be the year that the Ole Miss Rebels broke out with a landmark season for head coach Lane Kiffin. Kiffin has recruited well and earned the moniker of “The King of the Portal” based on his success at bringing in quality players from other schools. Ole Miss was touted as a team to watch for making the expanded College Football Playoff. However, Kiffin’s team suffered baffling losses to the Kentucky Wildcats and the Florida Gators, not to mention a tougher defeat on the road against the LSU Tigers. Thus, the Rebels are on the outside looking in for 2024 and will settle for a bowl game.
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In postseason action, on Thursday, January 2, 2025, the Duke Blue Devils will face the Ole Miss Rebels in the Gator Bowl at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, FL. Kickoff time is set for 7:30 p.m. ET, and television coverage will be on ESPN.
Ole Miss will be an overwhelming betting on college football using crypto choice of the casual sector.
Last game, the Duke Blue Devils won 23-17 against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons as 3.5-point road favorites. The game went under the total of 53. Duke has a record of 9-3 straight up, 8-3-1 against the spread, and 5-6-1 over/under the total. Duke ranks 107th for total offense, 44th for passing, 126th for rushing and 73rd for scoring. Defensively they rank 44th overall, 35th against the pass, 70th against the rush, and 42nd for points allowed. Also, Duke ranks 80th for fewest turnovers lost and 42nd for takeaways.
Mississippi Rebels Weekly Recap
Last game, the Ole Miss Rebels won 26-14 against the Mississippi State Bulldogs as 28-point home favorites. The game went under the total of 63.5. Ole Miss has a record of 9-3 straight up, 7-5 against the spread, and 2-10 over/under the total. Mississippi ranks 2nd for total offense, 3rd for passing, 50th for rushing and 9th for scoring. Defensively they rank 18th overall, 88th against the pass, 2nd against the rush, and 5th for points allowed. Also, Ole Miss ranks 33rd for fewest turnovers lost and 57th for takeaways.
The game began with an interception thrown by Mississippi State quarterback Michael Van Buren to linebacker Chris "Pooh" Paul, and Ole Miss was able to capitalize with a field goal to claim a 3-0 lead. State would respond with a 34-yard passing score from Van Buren to Kevin Coleman, but a rush by the Rebels' JJ Pegues from six yards out gave Ole Miss a 10-7 lead partway through the first quarter.
Van Buren would then add a six-yard rushing score to give the Bulldogs a 14-10 lead at the end of the first, and that score remained in place until Ole Miss running back Ulysses Bentley IV broke an 89-yard rushing touchdown that gave the Rebels a 17-14 lead at halftime.
The only scoring of the third quarter came off the leg of Caden Davis (who went 2-for-3 in field goals on the day) to make it 20-14 entering the final frame. With just under 10 minutes remaining in the game, Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart connected with tight end Caden Prieskorn, who made a juggling catch in the end zone to give the game its eventual final score.
The Rebels put up 397 yards of total offense, 254 of which came on the ground, and they were forced to punt six times in the win.
Still, quarterback Jaxson Dart's 143 passing yards were enough to make him the all-time passing yardage leader in Ole Miss history, surpassing Eli Manning in the process.
2024 Mississippi Rebels Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
vs. Furman |
W 76-0 |
1-0 |
| Sep 7 |
vs. Middle Tennessee State |
W 52-3 |
2-0 |
| Sep 14 |
at Wake Forest |
W 40-6 |
3-0 |
| Sep 21 |
vs. Georgia Southern |
W 52-13 |
4-0 |
| Sep 28 |
vs. Kentucky |
L 17-20 |
4-1 |
| Oct 5 |
at South Carolina |
W 27-3 |
5-1 |
| Oct 12 |
at LSU |
L 26-29 |
5-2 |
| Oct 19 |
OFF |
| Oct 26 |
vs. Oklahoma |
W 26-14 |
6-2 |
| Nov 2 |
at Arkansas |
W 63-31 |
7-2 |
| Nov 9 |
vs. Georgia |
W 28-10 |
8-2 |
| Nov 16 |
OFF |
| Nov 23 |
at Florida |
L 17-24 |
8-3 |
| Nov 29 |
vs. Mississippi State |
W 26-14 |
9-3 |
Ole Miss has a unique reputation in college football. The Rebels won the last of their six conference championships in 1963. Their last national championship was in 1962. Success at Ole Miss is defined by making a bowl game and pulling off an upset. Recruiting limitations begin with the small in-state population.
Yet everyone has a trip to Oxford, MS, on their bucket list. The Grove is one of the most iconic pregame venues in college football. And the girls are the prettiest. In fact, the old saying is that Ole Miss is where Miss America goes to red shirt!
John Vaught, whose name is honored at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium, is the greatest coach in Ole Miss history. Vaught put up four double-digit win seasons from 1955 through 1962 and led the Rebels to ten Top Ten seasons from 1953 through 1969. Under Vaught, the Rebels went to bowl games in all but two seasons from 1952 through 1970, in an era when making the postseason was difficult.
David Cutcliffe, Houston Nutt, and Hugh Freeze all had some success leading the Ole Miss program. Lane Kiffin is now on pace to become one of the Ole Miss greats and perhaps even challenge Vaught as the GOAT of Ole Miss football coaches.
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