1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–7 vs. Texas
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
AP No. 7
1957 record 9–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Vaught (11th season)
Captain Jackie Simpson
Gene Hickerson[1]
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
1957 SEC 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

The 1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1957 college 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 (4–0–1 SEC), and were ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated Texas, 39–7.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 21 at Trinity (TX)* Alamo StadiumSan Antonio, TX W 440   11,500[3]
September 28 at Kentucky No. 19 McLean StadiumLexington, KY W 150    
October 5 Hardin–Simmons* No. 15 Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS W 347    
October 12 at Vanderbilt No. 14 Dudley FieldNashville, TN (Rivalry) W 280    
October 18 at Tulane No. 11 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA (Rivalry) W 500    
October 26 vs. Arkansas* No. 6 Crump StadiumMemphis, TN (Rivalry) L 612    
November 2 Houston* No. 14 Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS W 207    
November 9 LSUdagger No. 14 Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry) W 1412    
November 16 vs. No. 7 Tennessee No. 8 Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN W 147    
November 30 at No. 13 Mississippi State No. 7 Scott FieldStarkville, MS (Egg Bowl) T 77    
January 1 vs. Texas* No. 7 Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) W 397   79,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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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