1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team
| 1955 Ole Miss Rebels football | |
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SEC champion Cotton Bowl champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 14–13 vs. TCU | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| 1955 record | 10–1 (5–1 SEC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Buddy Alliston[1] |
| Home stadium | Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 34,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Ole Miss $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Auburn | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1955 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by ninth-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and one alternate site game in Jackson, Mississippi). Ole Miss was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the second consecutive season, finishing the regular season with a record of 9–1 (5–1 SEC), ranked 10th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated TCU, 14–13.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 17 | at Georgia | No. 15 |
| W 26–13 | |
| September 24 | at Kentucky | No. 8 |
| L 14–21 | |
| October 1 | North Texas State* |
| W 33–0 | [4] | |
| October 8 | vs. Vanderbilt |
| W 13–0 | ||
| October 15 | at Tulane |
| W 27–13 | [5] | |
| October 22 | Arkansas* |
| W 17–7 | ||
| October 29 | at LSU | No. 20 |
| W 29–26 | |
| November 5 | at Memphis State* | No. 15 |
| W 39–6 | [6] |
| November 12 | Houston* | No. 14 |
| W 27–11 | |
| November 26 | at Mississippi State | No. 15 |
| W 26–0 | |
| January 2 | vs. No. 7 TCU* | No. 15 |
| W 14–13 | |
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Roster[]
- OL Buddy Alliston
- FB Paige Cothren, Jr.
- OL Ed Crawford
- QB Eagle Day, Sr.
- FB Billy Kinard
- Billy Lott
- Ray Poole (asst coach)
- OL Bill Yelverton
References[]
- ^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide p. 180
- ^ "1955 Ole Miss Football Schedule". 18 August 2014.
- ^ Barnwell, Katherine (September 17, 1955). "Atlanta Bursting At Its Seams With Gay Grid Rooters". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1.
- ^ "Johnny Rebs put crusher on North Texas State, 33–0". Monroe Morning World. October 2, 1955. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebs top Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. October 16, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebels crush Tigers". The Clarion-Ledger. November 6, 1955. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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