1954 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1954 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 0–21 vs. Navy
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 6
AP No. 6
1954 record 92 (50 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Vaught (8th season)
Captain Jimmy Patton
Allen "Red" Muirhead[1]
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
1954 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 0 0  9 2 0
Georgia Tech 6 2 0  8 3 0
Florida 5 2 0  5 5 0
Kentucky 5 2 0  7 3 0
Georgia 3 2 1  6 3 1
No. 13 Auburn 3 3 0  8 3 0
Mississippi State 3 3 0  6 4 0
Alabama 3 3 2  4 5 2
LSU 2 5 0  5 6 0
Tulane 1 6 1  1 6 3
Vanderbilt 1 5 0  2 7 0
Tennessee 1 5 0  4 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1954 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by eighth-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Crump Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. Ole Miss was champion of the Southeastern Conference, finishing the regular season with a record of 9–1 (5–0 SEC), and ranked 6th in both major polls. They were invited to the 1955 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Navy.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 17 North Texas* No. 10 Crump StadiumMemphis, TN W 3512    
September 25 Kentucky No. 9 Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN W 289    
October 2 at Villanova* No. 8 Philadelphia Municipal StadiumPhiladelphia, PA W 520   95,607[3]
October 9 at Vanderbilt No. 7 Dudley FieldNashville, TN (Rivalry) W 227    
October 16 Tulane No. 7 Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS (Rivalry) W 347    
October 23 at No. 7 Arkansas* No. 5 War Memorial StadiumLittle Rock, AR (Rivalry) L 06    
October 30 at LSU No. 12 Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) W 216    
November 6 at Memphis State* No. 9 Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN (Rivalry) W 510    
November 13 at Houston* No. 7 Public School StadiumHouston, TX W 260    
November 27 Mississippi State No. 7 Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl) W 140    
January 1 vs. No. 5 Navy* No. 6 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) L 021    
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. pg. 180
  2. http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/schedules/ole-miss-games/1954-rebels-season/
  3. "Mississippi Tops Villanova, 52 to 0". New York Times. October 3, 1954. p. S9.


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