Two programs have something to prove and both coaches know it.
Location: Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky
Date: Saturday, September 3
Time: 7:30pm EDT
TV: ESPNU
Last Season: USM 9-5 Kentucky 5-7
Betting Line: Kentucky -6
All-Time Series: Kentucky 2-0 (1949 and 1986)
All-time Point Differential: Kentucky 103-7
Last Meeting: Kentucky 32, USM 0 (Oct. 4, 1986)
Southern Mississippi was 9-5 last season after posting a record of 4-32 in the previous three years.