1992 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1992 Ole Miss Rebels football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 13–0 vs. Air Force
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 16
1992 record9–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Beckish (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Lee Dunn (1st season)
CaptainChad Brown
Everett Lindsay
Cory Philpot
Lynn Ross
Russ Shows[1]
Home stadiumVaught–Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 42,577)
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
(Capacity 62,512)
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 10 Florida xy 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
No. 8 Georgia x 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$ 8 – 0 – 0 13 – 0 – 0
No. 16 Ole Miss 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 23 Mississippi State 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Arkansas 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Auburn 2 – 5 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
LSU 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Championship: Alabama 28, Florida 21
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 10th-year head coach Billy Brewer and played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, and alternate-site home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second in the Western Division with a record of 9–3 (5–3 SEC). They were invited to the 1992 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated Air Force, 13–0.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 5Auburn
W 45–2140,000
September 12Tulane*
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 35–930,200
September 19at VanderbiltNo. 25
L 9–3141,000
September 26at No. 18 Georgia
ABCL 11–3784,278
October 3Kentucky
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 24–1431,200
October 17at Arkansas
W 17–353,513
October 24at No. 4 Alabama
JPL 10–3170,123[3]
October 31LSU
W 32–047,000
November 7Memphis State*dagger
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 17–1242,847
November 14Louisiana Tech*
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 13–622,500[4]
November 28No. 16 Mississippi StateNo. 24
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)
JPW 17–1041,500
December 31vs. Air Force*No. 20
ESPNW 13–032,107
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[2][1]

Roster[]

  • QB Russ Shows, Sr.

DE/OLB Cassius Ware DE/OLB Dewayne Dotson

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ole Miss 2016 Media Guide. p. 182
  2. ^ a b "1992 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "Barker, Bama stuff Ole Miss". The Clarion-Ledger. October 25, 1992. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rebels complete job 1". The Clarion-Ledger. November 15, 1992. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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