National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I
Southeastern Conference
Saturday 23rd April 2016
First pitch 14.00
University Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels 7 Auburn University Tigers 4, attendance 10,102
@ Oxford-University Stadium at Swayze Field
University Place
Oxford, MS 38655
$15 admission
No programme.
Before leaving home on Friday I noticed the size of the crowds Ole Miss were getting, so thought I had better play safe and book a ticket. I phoned their office and was offered an excellent seat right behind home plate. It is so much easier when you are only trying to buy a single ticket for the game as there always seems to be odd seats available, even in the best areas. I was actually doing a game in Memphis tonight, so drove the 137 miles from Little Rock to Memphis, buying a ticket for the evening game, before heading 85 miles south to Oxford, MS.
The team were originally called the Mississippi Flood, but were renamed the rebels in 1936 and have played in the College World Series five times, most recently in 2014. The stadium has a record attendance of11,729, set in 2013, seating 8,500 with further capacity in the way of grass banking.
