1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1970 college football season and in the 1971 Gator Bowl against Auburn where Ole Miss lost 35–28. Archie Manning was the quarterback for Ole Miss.^[1] This also marked the last season of coach Johnny Vaught's first tenure as the Ole Miss coach.

Season

In the Egg Bowl, Mississippi State beat Ole Miss by a score of 19–14. Ole Miss still held the lead in the series with 35 wins, 26 losses and 6 ties. In the Magnolia Bowl, LSU beat Ole Miss by a score of 61–17. LSU held the lead in the series with 30 wins, 26 losses, and 3 ties.

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	at Memphis State*	No. 5	Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee		W 47–13	51,456
September 26	Kentucky	No. 5	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi		W 20–17	46,200
October 3	No. 17 Alabama	No. 7	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi (Rivalry)	ABC	W 48–23	46,821
October 10	at Georgia	No. 5	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia		W 31–21	59,310
October 17	Southern Mississippi*	No. 4	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi		L 14–30
October 24	at Vanderbilt	No. 13	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry)		W 26–16	34,000
November 7	No. 18 Houston*	No. 13	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi		W 24–13	36,535
November 14	Chattanooga*	No. 12	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi		W 44–7	15,137
November 26	Mississippi State	No. 10	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)		L 14–19	35,000
December 5	at No. 8 LSU	No. 16	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Magnolia Bowl)		L 17–61	67,590
January 2, 1971	No. 10 Auburn*		Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl)		L 28–35	71,136
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Roster

Players Selected in 1971 NFL Draft

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Awards and honors

• Archie Manning, All-SEC Team
• Archie Manning, third in Heisman Trophy voting

References