1939 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1939 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1939 record7–2 (2–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainBill Schneller[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 24,000)
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Alabama 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the 1939 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Harry Mehre and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. After winning their first three games of the season, Ole Miss made their first ever appearance in the AP Poll. Their victory over rival Vanderbilt was also their first ever; they had lost the first 19 match-ups in the series over a 45-year span. They would finish with a record of 7–2 (2–2 SEC), to finish fifth in the Southeastern Conference.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at LSU
W 14–7
October 7at Southwestern (TN)*Memphis, TNW 41–012,000[3]
October 14at Centenary*Shreveport, LAW 34–07,500[4]
October 21Saint Louis*daggerNo. 17
W 42–0
October 28at No. 9 TulaneNo. 14
L 6–18
November 4vs. Vanderbilt
W 14–712,000[5]
November 11at Mississippi State Teachers*No. 19
W 27–7[6]
November 18West Tennessee State*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 46–74,000[7]
November 25Mississippi State
L 6–18
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ 2016 Ole Miss media guide. pg. 179.
  2. ^ "1939 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Mississippi in Front: Crushes Southwestern by 41-0 on Memphis Gridiron". New York Times. October 8, 1939. p. 89.
  4. ^ "Rebels Swamp Centenary, 34-0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 15, 1939. p. 5B.
  5. ^ "Mississippi Defeats Vandy After 45 Years". The Washington Post. November 5, 1939. p. SP4.
  6. ^ "Rebels overpower Fighting Jackets in hub tilt 27–7". The Clarion-Ledger. November 12, 1939. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rebels use only straight football to trounce Teachers". The Clarion-Ledger. November 19, 1939. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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