This is the shocking moment two female Ole Miss fans had to be separated by cops after a wild catfight broke out at a pregame tailgate on Saturday.

The Rebels brushed the Charlotte 49ers aside 41-9 in a one-sided affair to go 2-0 for the season, and there was seemingly more fight shown in the parking lot before the game than on the field itself.

In a now-viral video posted by @OldRowOfficial on X, two Ole Miss fans in red dresses can be seen getting into it, grappling each other as others try to split them up.

After they initially appear to go separate ways, one of the girls sneaks up on the other to smack her in the face - inadvertently also catching a male fan with her fist too.

She then walks away, before the other girl rushes in for another attempt to restart the fight, only to be blocked by her friend. It is at that point that cops can be seen arriving on scene to calm things down.

The brutal fight occurred at a tailgate that paid tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terror attack 25 years on.

In a post on Facebook, the Oxford MS Police Department wrote: 'Sergeant Diarra Giddens was joined by fellow first responders for the Walk of Champions in honor of 9/11.

'Twenty-five years later, we remember the lives lost and honor the courage of those who ran toward danger.'

The clip of the two females fighting appeared to occur in the same location as the 'Walk of Champions', with tailgate gazebos seen in the background of both clips.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Oxford MS Police Department for further information on the pregame brawl.

Saturday's game against Charlotte, meanwhile, was just a prelude to what is expected to be one of the biggest games in the college football season next week.

Ole Miss are once again on home turf, and will welcome back former coach Lane Kiffin and his LSU Tigers.

Kiffin stunned the world of college football when he ditched Ole Miss for a $91m contract in Baton Rouge, and he is expected to receive a vociferous reaction from his old team when he touches down in Oxford.