1956 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1956 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1956 record 7–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Vaught (10th season)
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
1956 SEC 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

The 1956 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1956 college 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.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 22 North Texas* No. 13 Hemingway StadiumOxford, Mississippi W 450    
September 29 Kentucky No. 9 Crump StadiumMemphis, Tennessee W 377    
October 6 Houston* No. 6 Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, Mississippi W 140    
October 13 No. 13 Vanderbiltdagger No. 7 Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Rivalry) W 160    
October 20 No. 19 Tulane No. 6 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi (Rivalry) L 310    
October 27 at Arkansas* No. 10 War Memorial StadiumLittle Rock, Arkansas (Rivalry) L 014    
November 3 at LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, Louisiana (Rivalry) W 4617    
November 10 at Memphis State* Crump Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee (Rivalry) W 260    
November 17 at No. 1 Tennessee No. 19 Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, Tennessee L 727    
December 1 Mississippi State Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) W 137    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

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


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