Lane Kiffin went 55 and 19 in six seasons at Ole Miss, from 2020 through the 2025 regular season. Before he arrived, the program had three 10 win seasons in its history and had never won 10 regular season games. He produced five 10 win seasons in six years, the school’s first College Football Playoff berth, and the roster that reached the semifinal after he left. Against LSU, the team he now coaches, he went 3 and 3, and the home team won all six games.
Season by Season
| Year | Record | SEC | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 and 5 | 4 and 5 | Outback Bowl win over Indiana; Matt Corral led the SEC in total offense |
| 2021 | 10 and 3 | 6 and 2 | First 10 win regular season in school history; Sugar Bowl; finished No. 11 |
| 2022 | 8 and 5 | 4 and 4 | Started 7 and 0, then lost five of six including the Texas Bowl |
| 2023 | 11 and 2 | 6 and 2 | Peach Bowl win over Penn State; school record for wins at the time; finished No. 9 |
| 2024 | 10 and 3 | 5 and 3 | Beat No. 3 Georgia 28 to 10; Gator Bowl win over Duke; finished No. 11 |
| 2025 | 11 and 1 | 7 and 1 | Regular season only; first playoff berth. Pete Golding coached the 2 and 1 postseason and the team finished 13 and 2, No. 3 |
Kiffin Against LSU
Six meetings, three wins each, and the pattern is the whole story: Ole Miss won every game in Oxford and LSU won every game in Baton Rouge. Kiffin never won at Tiger Stadium as the Rebels’ coach and never lost to LSU at Vaught-Hemingway. Tonight he is the visitor in Oxford for the first time.
| Year | Site | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 53 to 48 |
| 2021 | Oxford | Ole Miss | 31 to 17 |
| 2022 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 45 to 20 |
| 2023 | Oxford | Ole Miss | 55 to 49 |
| 2024 | Baton Rouge | LSU | 29 to 26, overtime |
| 2025 | Oxford | Ole Miss | 24 to 19 |
What He Left Behind
The 2025 team is the clearest measure of the job. Kiffin recruited and assembled the roster, went 11 and 1 with it, and left on November 30 before the playoff. Pete Golding, his defensive coordinator, took that roster to wins over Tulane and Georgia and a four point semifinal loss to Miami. The program he inherited in December 2019 had gone 4 and 8. The one he handed over finished ranked third in the country.
The 2024 win over Georgia, 28 to 10 in front of what was then a record crowd at Vaught-Hemingway, was his first top five win at Ole Miss and the game that made the playoff feel possible. The 2022 collapse, from 7 and 0 to 8 and 5, was the low point, and the two seasons after it were the two best in school history at the time.
Related
Lane Kiffin profile · Kiffin’s record at every stop · Pete Golding profile · Why Kiffin left Ole Miss · LSU vs. Ole Miss series history · LSU vs. Ole Miss live score