Step Inside: Vaught Hemingway Stadium – Home of the Ole Miss Rebels

Home of the Mississippi Rebels

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium is home to the University of Mississippi Rebels football team. Located in Oxford, Mississippi, the stadium is on the south end of the Ole Mississippi campus between The Grove and the Manning Athletics Performance Center.

Every other year, the stadium trades off holding the Egg Bowl — the annual game between Ole Miss and their Southeastern Conference rivals, the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium History

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium opened on October 1, 1915 and was originally named after Judge William Hemingway. In 1982, the stadium added Ole Miss coach Johnny Vaught’s surname to the name. In its more than a century of history, multiple renovations have taken place to the stadium, with a press box being added in 1988, the installation of lights in 1990 and a Jumbotron erected in 1997.

As of the 2008 season, the Jumbotron was upgraded to an HD video board, which was further upgraded to three new 13-millimeter pixel HD boards along the north and south ends of the stadium.

In April 2023, the stadium made its debut as a concert venue when Morgan Wallen brought his One Night at a Time World Tour to Mississippi, playing a second night one year later on April 20, 2024.

Parking and Admission at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium

Game day parking on the University of Mississippi campus is allocated by permit, which can be obtained via the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation. (Permits are also available for ADA-accessible parking on campus.)

Bags allowed in the stadium should be clear plastic bags (12 in x 6 in x 12 in or smaller), plastic freezer bags (1 gallon or smaller) and clutch bags with either a shoulder strap or wrist strap (no larger than 4.5 in x 6.5 in). All other bags are not permitted in the stadium.

Prohibited items include alcoholic beverages, artificial noisemakers, food and drink containers, video cameras, umbrellas, backpacks and carry bags, chair backs larger than a single seat, strollers and any other items “deemed hazardous by game-management personnel.”

For a complete list of rules and regulations, visit the official stadium policies handbook.

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Capacity & Seating Options

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium holds a capacity of 64,038 attendees, making it the largest stadium in the state of Mississippi.

The student section is located on the north side of the stadium, with traditional stadium seating and skyboxes to the east and west. The south end contains multiple levels of seating including the South Zone Club and suites on the fifth level. Additionally, the stadium contains multiple areas of dedicated ADA seating for patrons with disabilities.

View the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium seating chart here.

Food & Beverage Options at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium

Dining options inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium include Burger Me, Chop’s BBQ, Fergndan’s Wood Fired Pizza and Great American Cookies and Marble Slab Creamery as well as general concessions and a Tony’s Grab and Go station.