1998 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Eastern Division
	Western Division
	Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
	# – BCS National Champion; $ – BCS representative as conference champion; % – BCS at-large representative; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

1998 Ole Miss Rebels football
1998 Ole Miss Rebels football
Independence Bowl champion
Independence Bowl, W 35–18 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
1998 record	7–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (4th year); David Cutcliffe (Bowl Game);
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Art Kaufman (4th season)
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium; (Capacity: 50,577)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the West Division. Coached by Tommy Tuberville, the Rebels played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	11:30 am	Memphis*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)	JPS	W 30–10	46,191
September 12	2:30 pm	Auburn	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)	FSN	L 0–17	48,371
September 19	11:30 am	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)	JPS	W 30–6	31,482
September 26	2:00 pm	at SMU*	Cotton Bowl Dallas		W 48–41 ^OT	22,281
October 3	1:00 pm	South Carolina	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		W 30–28	42,884
October 10	2:00 pm	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	PPV	L 17–20 ^OT	83,818
October 24	1:00 pm	Arkansas State*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		W 30–17	38,116
October 31	1:00 pm	LSU	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Magnolia Bowl)		W 37–31 ^OT	50,577
November 7	11:30 am	at No. 11 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas (rivalry)	JPS	L 0–34	49,115
November 21	12:00 pm	at No. 14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia		L 17–24	85,445
November 26	7:00 pm	No. 25 Mississippi State	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	ESPN	L 6–28	50,412
December 28	7:30 pm	vs. Texas Tech*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	W 35–18	46,862
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1998 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR		Grant Heard
RB		Deuce McAllister	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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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

1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#		8	–	0		13	–	0
No. 5 Florida %		7	–	1		10	–	2
No. 14 Georgia		6	–	2		9	–	3
Kentucky		4	–	4		7	–	5
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		2	–	9
South Carolina		0	–	8		1	–	10
Western Division
Mississippi State xy		6	–	2		8	–	5
No. 16 Arkansas x		6	–	2		9	–	3
Alabama		4	–	4		7	–	5
Ole Miss		3	–	5		7	–	5
LSU		2	–	6		4	–	7
Auburn		1	–	7		3	–	8
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll