1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1948 college football season.^[2] The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss finished with just one loss, to rival Tulane, to place second in the Southeastern Conference and 15th in the final AP Poll. They were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 25	at Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 14–0
October 2	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 20–7
October 9	Vanderbilt	No. 13	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 20–7
October 16	at Tulane	No. 10	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	L 7–20
October 23	Boston College*	No. 20	Memphis, TN	W 32–13
October 30	at LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 49–19
November 6	at Chattanooga*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 34–7	^[3]
November 13	vs. No. 18 Tennessee		Memphis, TN	W 16–13
November 27	Mississippi State	No. 16	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 34–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. p. 180
^ "1948 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
^ "Rebels trample Chattanooga in homecoming game". The Clarion-Ledger. November 7, 1948. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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National championship seasons in bold

1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll