1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–7 vs. Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 7
1957 record9–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJackie Simpson
Gene Hickerson[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 17 Florida 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
LSU 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Georgia 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Alabama 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 11th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and alternate site home games in Jackson, Mississippi). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second with a regular season record of 8–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC), and were ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated Texas, 39–7.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Trinity (TX)*
W 44–011,500[3]
September 28at KentuckyNo. 19
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 15–0[4]
October 5Hardin–Simmons*No. 15
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 34–7
October 12at VanderbiltNo. 14
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 28–0
October 18at TulaneNo. 11
W 50–030,000[5]
October 26vs. Arkansas*No. 6
L 6–12
November 2Houston*No. 14
W 20–7
November 9LSUdaggerNo. 14
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 14–12
November 16vs. No. 7 TennesseeNo. 8
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 14–7
November 30at No. 13 Mississippi StateNo. 7
T 7–7
January 1vs. Texas*No. 7
W 39–779,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide p. 180
  2. ^ "1957 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss Crushes Tiny Trinity, 44–0". The Atlanta Journal. September 22, 1957. p. 9D.
  4. ^ "Mississippi stops Kentucky, 15 to 0". Johnson City Press. September 29, 1957. Retrieved May 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss drubs Tulane, 50–0". The Delta Democrat-Times. October 20, 1957. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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