1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–5 SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	Memphis State*		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS		W 7–3	47,535
September 23	at No. 17 Missouri*		Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		L 14–45	60,287
September 30	Southern Miss*		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS		W 16–13	42,756
October 7	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 3–42	58,800
October 14	Kentucky		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		L 17–24	38,290
October 21	at South Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC		L 17–18	50,226
October 28	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)		W 35–10	25,043
November 4	at No. 12 LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	ABC	L 8–30	73,120
November 11	Tulane*		Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		W 13–3	28,500
November 18	at Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		L 17–41	83,210
November 25	vs. Mississippi State		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)		W 27–7	47,012
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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