1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1977 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1977 record 5–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach Ken Cooper (4th season)
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (50,160)
1977 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Auburn 4 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Florida 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 Memphis State* Mississippi Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 7–3   45,500
September 10 at No. 6 Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama (Rivalry) L 13–34   74,324
September 17 No. 3 Notre Dame* Mississippi Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 20–13   48,200
September 24 Southern Mississippi* Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi L 19–27   20,000
October 1 at Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama ABC L 15–21   48,000
October 8 at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia L 13–14   56,200
October 15 South Carolina* Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 17–10   20,000
October 22 Vanderbilt Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Rivalry) W 26–14   32,300
October 29 LSU Mississippi Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi (Magnolia Bowl) ABC L 21–28   46,000
November 12 Tennessee Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee W 43–14   50,259
November 19 vs. Mississippi State Mississippi Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) L 14–18   46,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Note: Mississippi State later forfeited its win over Ole Miss due to NCAA infractions.

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 706 13
• Ole Miss 3 7010 20
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi
  • Game attendance: 48,200
  • Game weather: 90°F

Ole Miss gave Notre Dame its only loss of the season.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Ole Miss Rough On Irish." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Sept 18. Retrieved 2012-11-13.


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