MS SC533

Commends the University of Mississippi Ole Miss "Rebels" Football Team and Head Coach Hugh Freeze for their victory in the 2016 Allstate Sugar Bowl against Oklahoma State

Recognizes the team's 10-3 season record, marking the first 10-win season since 2003 and the seventh in school history

Highlights historic achievements including defeating Alabama in back-to-back seasons for the first time ever and beating Alabama, Auburn, LSU, and Mississippi State in the same season for the first time in school history

Notes individual records set by QB Chad Kelly (4,042 passing yards, third-best in SEC history) and WR Laquon Treadwell (school records for catches in a season with 82 and receiving yards with 1,153)

Directs the resolution be presented to Coach Hugh Freeze, Athletic Director Ross Bjork, the football team, Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter, and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning