1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.[1]

1977 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1977 record5–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (50,160)
1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Auburn 5 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3Memphis State*
W 7–345,500
September 10at No. 6 Alabama
L 13–3474,324
September 17No. 3 Notre Dame*
W 20–1348,200
September 24Southern Mississippi*
L 19–2720,000
October 1at Auburn
ABCL 15–2148,000
October 8at Georgia
L 13–1456,200
October 15South Carolina*
W 17–1020,000
October 22Vanderbilt
W 26–1432,300
October 29LSU
ABCL 21–2846,000
November 12Tennessee
W 43–1450,259
November 19vs. Mississippi State
L 14–1846,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Note: Mississippi State later forfeited its win over Ole Miss due to NCAA infractions.

[2]

Personnel
1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB David Coates
WR Roy Coleman
OL Chuck Commiskey
TE Bill Denny
QB Tim Ellis Sr
WR Willie Foster
QB Bobby Garner
RB Roger Gordon
OL Jimmy Hawkins
WR Les Kimbrough
QB Jim Lear
RB Leon Perry
RB Jarratt Price
RB Tyrone Richards
RB L.Q. Smith
FB James Storey
OL Mickey Thames
OL Terrance Walker
TE Curtis Weathers
OL Randy White
RB Freddie Lee Williams
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Charlie Cage
LB Eddie Cole
LB Kem Coleman
DB William Day
DB Al Dotson
DB John Fabris
DL Bob Grefseng
DL Lawrence Johnson
DB Gary Jones
  Brian Moreland
DL Bryan Niebhur
DL George Plasketes
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Carl Langley
K Robin Lavinghouze
P Jim Miller
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Game summaries

    Notre Dame
    See also: 1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
    Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1–0) at Ole Miss Rebels
    1 2 34Total
    Notre Dame 0 7 0613
    Ole Miss 3 7 01020

    at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi

    • Date: September 17, 1977
    • Game weather: Sunny, 90 °F (32 °C)
    • Game attendance: 48,200
    • Recap

    Ole Miss gave eventual national champion Notre Dame its only loss of the season.

    References
    1. "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
    2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com


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