1959 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1959 Ole Miss Rebels football
National Champion (Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin)[1]
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 21–0 vs. LSU
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
1959 record10–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
Crump Stadium
(Capacity: 25,000)
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 3 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 2 Ole Miss 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
Auburn 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Georgia Tech 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
No. 19 Florida 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Tulane 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. Ole Miss finished the season with an overall record of ten wins and one loss (10–1), tied for second in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and with a victory over LSU in the Sugar Bowl. The team gave up only 21 points all season, and were retroactively named national champions by Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel and Sagarin (however, it is not recognized by the NCAA).[2] Syracuse was crowned as the national champion by both the AP and the UPI wire services.[2] The team was later rated the third best squad from 1956–1995 by Sagarin.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Houston*No. 8
W 16–045,000
September 26at KentuckyNo. 4
W 16–0
October 3Memphis StateNo. 3
W 43–0
October 10at VanderbiltNo. 5
W 33–0
October 17TulaneNo. 5
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 53–723,500[4]
October 24vs. No. 10 Arkansas*No. 4
W 28–0
October 31at No. 1 LSUNo. 3
L 3–7
November 7ChattanoogaNo. 5
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 58–014,500[5]
November 14vs. No. 9 TennesseeNo. 5
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 37–7
November 28at Mississippi StateNo. 2
W 42–0
January 1, 1960vs. No. 3 LSU*No. 2
W 21–081,141
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

References[]

  1. ^ NCAA. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). 2020 NCAA Division I Football records. NCAA.org. p. 117. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "National Poll Champions" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 73. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Vaught passes away". CBS Interactive. February 4, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Ole Miss Rebels glide over Green Wave, 53–7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 18, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss Rebs maul Chattanooga, 58–0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 8, 1959. Retrieved August 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ DeLassus, David. "Mississippi Yearly Results: 1955–1959". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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