1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1955 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Cotton Bowl champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 14–13 vs. TCU
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 9
AP No. 10
1955 record 10–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Vaught (9th season)
Captain Buddy Alliston[1]
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
1955 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0  10 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 1 1  8 2 1
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4 1 1  9 1 1
Tennessee 3 2 1  6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 3 0  8 3 0
Mississippi State 4 4 0  6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 1  6 3 1
Tulane 3 3 1  5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1  3 5 2
Florida 3 5 0  4 6 0
Georgia 2 5 0  4 6 0
Alabama 0 7 0  0 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1955 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by ninth-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and one alternate site game in Jackson, Mississippi). Ole Miss was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the second consecutive season, finishing the regular season with a record of 9–1 (5–1 SEC), ranked 10th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated TCU, 14–13.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 17 at Georgia No. 15 Grant FieldAtlanta, GA[3] W 2613    
September 24 at Kentucky No. 8 McLean StadiumLexington, KY L 1421    
October 1 North Texas* Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS W 330    
October 8 vs. Vanderbilt Crump StadiumMemphis, TN (Rivalry) W 130    
October 15 at Tulane Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA (Rivalry) W 2713    
October 22 Arkansas*dagger Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry) W 177    
October 29 at LSU No. 20 Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) W 2926    
November 5 at Memphis State* No. 15 Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN (Rivalry) W 396    
November 12 Houston* No. 14 Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS W 2711    
November 26 at Mississippi State No. 15 Scott FieldStarkville, MS (Egg Bowl) W 260    
January 2 vs. No. 7 TCU* No. 15 Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) W 1413    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide p. 180
  2. http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/schedules/ole-miss-games/1955-rebels-season/
  3. Barnwell, Katherine (September 17, 1955). "Atlanta Bursting At Its Seams With Gay Grid Rooters". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 1.


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