The fewer than 300 miles between Mobile and Oxford will become familiar territory for fans of the University of South Alabama Jaguars and the Ole Miss Rebels later this decade.

The two schools have reached an agreement for their football teams to play a home-and-home series in 2028 and 2029, according to a release from the Jaguar athletic department.

“We are very excited to sign this home-and-home contract with Ole Miss,” Jag head coach Steve Campbell said. “They have a proud program and tradition, it will be great to have them play in Hancock Whitney Stadium; hopefully they will be the first of many Power Five schools to make that trip to play here in Mobile. Mississippi has been very good for us as far as recruiting, we have brought in a lot of talented student-athletes from the state, I know it will be exciting for those future recruits to play Ole Miss.”

The teams will kick off the series in Oxford on September 2, 2028, with a return trip to Hancock Whitney Stadium set for September 1, 2029.

A visit from the Mississippi State Bulldogs in 2014 was the last time the Jags squared off against an SEC team at home. The Jags last played the three-time national champion Rebels in Oxford in 2017, a game the home team won 47-27.

The Jags will also face Florida in 2020, Tennessee in 2021, LSU in 2024, Auburn in 2025 and Kentucky in 2026.

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