1973 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1973 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1973 record 6–5 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach Billy Kinard (3rd season, first 3 games)
Johnny Vaught (25th season, final 8 games)
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
1973 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Alabama $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 13 LSU 5 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
Ole Miss 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
No. 19 Tennessee 3 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Georgia 3 –4 –0  7 –4 –1
Florida 3 –4 –0  7 –5 –0
Kentucky 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Auburn 2 –5 –0  6 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –5 –0  4 –5 –2
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Billy Kinard, in his third year, for the first three games and then by Johnny Vaught, in his 25th year, for their last eight games.[1] The Rebels played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 4–3 SEC).

Schedule

Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 8 Villanova* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS W 24–6    
September 15 at Missouri* Faurot Field • Columbia, MO L 0–17   51,620
September 22 Memphis State* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (rivalry) L 13–17   45,620
September 29 Southern Miss* Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 41–0    
October 6 at Auburn Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL L 7–14   56,500
October 13 at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 0–20   57,800
October 20 at Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 13–10   47,079
October 27 Vanderbilt Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry) W 24–14   33,427
November 3 No. 7 LSU Mississippi Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Magnolia Bowl) ABC L 14–51   47,222
November 17 No. 16 Tennessee Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS ABC W 28–18   39,500
November 24 vs. Mississippi State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl) W 38–10   43,556
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. ↑ Saggus, James (September 26, 1973). "Tough job ahead, Vaught says". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ "1973 Mississippi Rebels Schedule and Results". SR Football Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2012.


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