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By Matt Audilet
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Lane Kiffin made his highly-anticipated return to Oxford's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to face off against his former Ole Miss team as head coach of the LSU Tigers.
The Ole Miss crowd was electric on Saturday night, giving Kiffin a not-so-warm welcome home.
Pete Golding and the Rebels notched a 32-24 victory over Kiffin and the visiting Tigers, putting on a show for the home crowd in Oxford. The game brought in an all-time program attendance record of 70,033 fans in the stadium.
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After the loss, Kiffin admitted that this raucous environment felt like walking into a "buzz saw" for his team.
“The stadium was full an hour early. So, I guess I had to leave to get them to do that," Kiffin said when speaking to reporters after the game. “You’re welcome.”
Kiffin left his 11-1 Ole Miss team just before their College Football Playoff run last season, leaving to take his new job with LSU. He notched season-opening wins over Clemson and Louisiana Tech, but the first loss of his Tigers coaching career comes at the hands of the Rebels.
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Ole Miss is 3-0 to start the season as they prepare for this coming weekend's road-game matchup against the Florida Gators.
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