1968 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1968 Ole Miss Rebels football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 34–17 vs. VPI
Conference Southeastern Conference
1968 record 7–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Vaught (22nd season)
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
1968 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 5 0 1  8 1 2
No. 13 Tennessee 4 1 1  8 2 1
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 0  8 3 0
LSU 4 2 0  8 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 0  7 4 0
Florida 3 2 1  6 3 1
Ole Miss 3 2 1  7 3 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 1  5 4 1
Mississippi State 0 4 2  0 8 2
Kentucky 0 7 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1968 college football season. The Rebels were led by 22nd-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing tied for sixth. After finishing the regular season with a record of 6–3–1, they were invited to the 1968 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated VPI (Virginia Tech).

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 20 at Memphis State* Memphis Memorial StadiumMemphis, Tennessee W 21–7   51,046
September 27 Kentucky Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, Mississippi W 30–14   40,102
October 4 No. 11 Alabama Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 10–8   47,152
October 11 at No. 17 Georgia No. 13 Sanford StadiumAthens, Georgia L 7–21   56,111
October 18 Southern Miss* No. 16 Hemingway StadiumOxford, Mississippi W 21–13   28,000
October 25 Houston* No. 17 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi L 7–29   32,157
November 1 at No. 14 LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, Louisiana W 27–24   69,337
November 8 Tennessee-Chattanooga* Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 38–16    
November 15 at No. 11 Tennessee Neyland StadiumKnoxville, Tennessee L 0–31   62,786
November 29 Mississippi State Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) T 17–17   27,000
December 13 vs. VPI* Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl) W 34–17   46,206
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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References

  1. CFRC – Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved 2015-Jun-13.


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