1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1978 record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Cropp (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGeorge MacIntyre (1st season)
Captains
  • Bobby Garner
  • Lawrence Johnson
  • Curtis Weathers
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Florida 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3Memphis State*
W 7–347,535
September 23at No. 17 Missouri*
L 14–4560,287
September 30Southern Miss*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 16–1342,756[1]
October 7at Georgia
L 3–4258,800
October 14Kentuckydagger
L 17–2438,290[2]
October 21at South Carolina*
L 17–1850,226
October 28at Vanderbilt
W 35–1025,043
November 4at No. 12 LSU
ABCL 8–3073,120
November 11Tulane*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 13–328,500[3]
November 18at Tennessee
L 17–4183,210
November 25vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 27–747,012
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB John Fourcade Fr
QB Bobby Garner (C)
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[]

Mississippi State[]

1 234Total
Mississippi State 0 070 7
• Ole Miss 0 17010 27

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References[]

  1. ^ "Ole Miss surely beats Southern behind Langley's kicking, 16–13". The Clarion-Ledger. October 1, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ David Crews (October 15, 1978). "Kentucky booms Ole Miss 24-17". The Greenwood Commonwealth. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Rebels, Eagles take victories". Enterprise-Journal. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
  5. ^ "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.
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