1956 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1956 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Rebels were led by 10th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and alternate site home games in Jackson, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in fourth with a record of 7–3 (4–2 SEC). They were not invited to a bowl game.

1956 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1956 record7–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 0  10 1 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 1 0  10 1 0
Florida 5 2 0  6 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 0  7 3 0
Auburn 4 3 0  7 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 0  6 4 0
Tulane 3 3 0  6 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 0  5 5 0
Alabama 2 5 0  2 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0  4 6 0
LSU 1 5 0  3 7 0
Georgia 1 6 0  3 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 22North Texas State*No. 13W 45–0
September 29KentuckyNo. 9W 37–7
October 6Houston*No. 6W 14–0
October 13No. 13 VanderbiltNo. 7
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)
W 16–0
October 20No. 19 TulaneNo. 6
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, Mississippi (rivalry)
L 3–10
October 27at Arkansas*No. 10L 0–14
November 3at LSUW 46–17
November 10at Memphis State*
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, Tennessee (rivalry)
W 26–0
November 17at No. 1 TennesseeNo. 19L 7–27
December 1Mississippi State
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)
W 13–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • FB Paige Cothren, Sr.

References

  1. "1956 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.


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