1953 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1953 college football season.^[2] The Rebels were led by seventh-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and one alternate site game in Jackson, Mississippi). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in a three-way tie for second with a record of 7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC). They were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 19	Chattanooga*		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 39–6	^[3]
September 26	Kentucky		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 22–6
October 3	at Auburn	No. 15	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 0–13
October 10	Vanderbilt		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 28–6
October 17	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 45–14	^[4]
October 24	vs. Arkansas*		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 28–0
October 31	at LSU	No. 18	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 27–16
November 7	North Texas State*	No. 12	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 40–7	^[5]
November 14	at No. 2 Maryland*	No. 11	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–38
November 28	at Mississippi State		Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	T 7–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. pg. 180
^ "1953 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
^ "Rebels win over 'Nooga by 39 to 6". The Clarion-Ledger. September 20, 1953. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rebels rip through Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. October 18, 1953. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rebels overpower North Texas". The Clarion-Ledger. November 8, 1953. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–96)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Billy Cannon's Halloween run Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear Tony the Landshark "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove The Blind Side
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Alabama $	4	–	0	–	3	6	–	3	–	3
No. 8 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 16 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Auburn	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	1	–	3	5	–	2	–	3
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	3	5	–	3	–	3
Florida	1	–	3	–	2	3	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Tulane	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll