1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1969 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 27–22 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 8
1969 record8–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Tennessee $ 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 10 LSU 4 1 0 9 1 0
No. 20 Auburn 5 2 0 8 3 0
No. 14 Florida 3 1 1 9 1 1
No. 8 Ole Miss 4 2 0 8 3 0
Georgia 2 3 1 5 5 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 0 4 6 0
Alabama 2 4 0 6 5 0
Kentucky 1 6 0 2 8 0
Mississippi State 0 5 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Rebels were led by 23rd-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in fifth. Ole Miss ended the year with five straight victories, including three over top ten-ranked opponents. In their 13th straight bowl appearance, Ole Miss defeated then-No. 3 Arkansas in the 1970 Sugar Bowl. They were ranked 8th in the final AP Poll, conducted after bowl season, and 13th in the Coaches Poll, which was conducted before bowl season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Memphis State*No. 9
W 28–3
September 27at KentuckyNo. 8
L 9–10
October 4at No. 15 AlabamaNo. 20L 32–33
October 11No. 6 GeorgiaW 25–17
October 18Southern Miss*No. 19
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 69–7[2]
October 25at Houston*No. 17L 11–25
November 1No. 8 LSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
W 26–23
November 8Chattanooga*No. 17
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 21–015,200[3]
November 15No. 3 TennesseeNo. 18
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 38–0
November 27at Mississippi StateNo. 14W 48–22
January 1vs. No. 3 Arkansas*No. 13W 27–22
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
  Floyd Franks
QB 18 Archie Manning Jr
TE Jim Poole Jr. So
WR 81 Vernon Studdard Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 18 Julian Fagan Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary[]

Georgia[]

Cloyce Hinton kicked a school-record 59-yard field goal in the game.

References[]

  1. ^ "1969 Ole Miss Football Schedule". 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Rebels shred Southern 69–7 for homecoming". The Clarion-Ledger. October 19, 1969. Retrieved March 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Rebels walk by Mocs in warm-up for Vols". The Clarion-Ledger. November 9, 1969. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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