1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1963 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1963 Ole Miss Rebels football
1963 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 7–12 vs. Alabama
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
1963 record	7–1–2 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (17th season);
Captain	Kenny Dill ; Whaley Hall
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium ; (Capacity: 34,500) ; Crump Stadium ; (Capacity: 25,000)
	Seasons ← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season.^[2] The Rebels were led by 17th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss were champions of the Southeastern Conference, finishing the regular season with a record of 7–0–2 (5–0–1 SEC) and ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1964 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to fellow SEC member Alabama.

Through the 2021 season, this is Ole Miss' most recent conference championship.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Memphis State*	No. 2	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		T 0–0
September 28	at Kentucky	No. 7	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY		W 31–7
October 5	at Houston*	No. 10	Houston Stadium Houston, TX		W 20–6
October 19	at Tulane	No. 5	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)		W 21–0	17,000	^[3]
October 26	Vanderbilt	No. 5	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		W 27–7
November 2	at LSU	No. 3	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	W 37–3	67,500
November 9	Tampa*	No. 3	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 41–0
November 16	vs. Tennessee	No. 3	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN		W 20–0
November 30	at Mississippi State	No. 3	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		T 10–10
January 1	vs. No. 9 Alabama*	No. 7	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl / rivalry)	NBC	L 7–12	80,785
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel[]

1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`10`	Perry Lee Dunn	Sr
RB		Mike Dennis	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Johnny Vaught

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Awards[]

Perry Lee Dunn - 2nd Team All-SEC (AP, UPI)

References[]

^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. p. 180
^ "1963 Ole MIss Football Schedule". 17 August 2014.
^ "State, Rebs top Cougars, Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. October 20, 1963. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. p. 180

[2] "1963 Ole MIss Football Schedule". 17 August 2014.

[3] "State, Rebs top Cougars, Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. October 20, 1963. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t Ole Miss Rebels football
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
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1963 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Ole Miss $	5	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	2
No. 5 Auburn	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Alabama	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	1	–	2	7	–	2	–	2
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Vanderbilt	0	–	5	–	2	1	–	7	–	2
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Tulane	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll