1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 11th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and alternate site home games in Jackson, Mississippi). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second with a regular season record of 8–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC), and were ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated Texas, 39–7.

1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–7 vs. Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 7
1957 record9–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJackie Simpson
Gene Hickerson[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 0 0  10 0 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 0 1  9 1 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 2 1  6 2 1
No. 17 Florida 4 2 1  6 2 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 3 0  8 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 3 1  5 3 2
LSU 4 4 0  5 5 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 1  4 4 2
Georgia 3 4 0  3 7 0
Tulane 1 5 0  2 8 0
Alabama 1 6 1  2 7 1
Kentucky 1 7 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21at Trinity (TX)*W 44–011,500[3]
September 28at KentuckyNo. 19W 15–0
October 5Hardin–Simmons*No. 15W 34–7
October 12at VanderbiltNo. 14W 28–0
October 18at TulaneNo. 11W 50–0
October 26vs. Arkansas*No. 6L 6–12
November 2Houston*No. 14W 20–7
November 9LSUNo. 14
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 14–12
November 16vs. No. 7 TennesseeNo. 8
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 14–7
November 30at No. 13 Mississippi StateNo. 7T 7–7
January 1vs. Texas*No. 7
W 39–779,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

References

  1. 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide p. 180
  2. "1957 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. "Ole Miss Crushes Tiny Trinity, 44-0". The Atlanta Journal. September 22, 1957. p. 9D.


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