1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1969 SEC football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Ole Miss Rebels football
1969 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 27–22 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 8
1969 record	8–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (23rd season)
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium; Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

The 1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1969 college football season.^[1] The Rebels were led by 23rd-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 in fifth. Ole Miss ended the year with five straight victories, including three over top ten-ranked opponents. In their 13th straight bowl appearance, Ole Miss defeated then-No. 3 Arkansas in the 1970 Sugar Bowl. They were ranked 8th in the final AP Poll, conducted after bowl season, and 13th in the Coaches Poll, which was conducted before bowl season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 20	Memphis State*	No. 9	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 28–3
September 27	at Kentucky	No. 8	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 9–10
October 4	at No. 15 Alabama	No. 20	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 32–33
October 11	No. 6 Georgia		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 25–17
October 18	Southern Miss*	No. 19	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 69–7
October 25	at Houston*	No. 17	Astrodome Houston, TX	L 11–25
November 1	No. 8 LSU		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	W 26–23
November 8	Chattanooga*	No. 17	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 21–0
November 15	No. 3 Tennessee	No. 18	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 38–0
November 27	at Mississippi State	No. 14	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 48–22
January 1	vs. No. 3 Arkansas*	No. 13	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl; rivalry)	W 27–22
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`18`	Archie Manning	Jr
WR	`81`	Vernon Studdard	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`18`	Julian Fagan	Jr

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Ole Miss Rebels football
Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–96)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold

1969 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Tennessee $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 10 LSU	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Florida	3	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll