1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1963 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 7–12 vs. Alabama
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 7
AP No. 7
1963 record 712 (501 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Vaught (17th season)
Captain Kenny Dill
Whaley Hall[1]
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
Crump Stadium
(Capacity: 25,000)
1963 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Ole Miss $ 5 0 1  7 1 2
No. 5 Auburn 6 1 0  9 2 0
No. 8 Alabama 6 2 0  9 2 0
Mississippi State 4 1 2  7 2 2
LSU 4 2 0  7 4 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 0  7 3 0
Florida 3 3 1  6 3 1
Tennessee 3 5 0  5 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0  4 5 1
Vanderbilt 0 5 2  1 7 2
Kentucky 0 5 1  3 6 1
Tulane 0 6 1  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1963 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 17th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss were champions of the Southeastern Conference, finishing the regular season with a record of 7–0–2 (5–0–1 SEC) and ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1964 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to fellow SEC member Alabama.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 21 at Memphis State* No. 2 Crump StadiumMemphis, TN (Rivalry) T 00    
September 28 at Kentucky No. 7 McLean StadiumLexington, KY W 317    
October 5 at Houston* No. 10 Houston StadiumHouston, TX W 206    
October 19 at Tulane No. 5 Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA (Rivalry) W 210    
October 26 Vanderbiltdagger No. 5 Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS (Rivalry) W 277    
November 2 at LSU No. 3 Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) CBS W 373    
November 9 Tampa* No. 3 Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 410    
November 16 vs. Tennessee No. 3 Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN W 200    
November 30 at Mississippi State No. 3 Scott FieldStarkville, MS (Egg Bowl) T 1010    
January 1 vs. No. 9 Alabama* No. 7 Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl; Rivalry) NBC L 712   80,785
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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