1958 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1958 Ole Miss Rebels football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 7–3 vs. Florida
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 11
1958 record9–2 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainMilton Crain
Kent Lovelace[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 0 0 11 0 0
No. 4 Auburn 6 0 1 9 0 1
No. 11 Ole Miss 3 2 0 9 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 3 5 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 0 4 6 0
Alabama 3 4 1 5 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 1 5 4 1
No. 14 Florida 2 3 1 6 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 1 5 4 1
Georgia 2 4 0 4 6 0
Tulane 1 5 0 3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 12th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second with a regular season record of 8–2 (3–2 SEC), and were ranked 11th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Gator Bowl, where they defeated fellow SEC member Florida, 7–3.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 20at Memphis State*No. 6W 17–0[3]
September 27vs. No. 17 KentuckyNo. 9
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, Tennessee
W 27–6
October 4at Trinity (TX)*No. 6
W 21–0
October 11at TulaneNo. 7W 19–8[4]
October 18Hardin–Simmons*No. 8
W 24–0
October 25at Arkansas*No. 6W 14–12
November 1at No. 1 LSUNo. 6L 0–14
November 8Houston*daggerNo. 9
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, Mississippi
W 56–7
November 15at TennesseeNo. 7L 16–18
November 29Mississippi StateNo. 13
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)
W 21–0
December 27vs. No. 14 Florida*No. 13W 7–3
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide p. 180
  2. ^ "1958 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss Rebels wreck Memphis State by 17–0". The Clarion-Ledger. September 21, 1958. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ole Miss pushed to beat Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1958. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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