1992 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1992 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 10th-year head coach Billy Brewer and played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, and alternate-site home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second in the Western Division with a record of 9–3 (5–3 SEC). They were invited to the 1992 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated Air Force, 13–0.

1992 Ole Miss Rebels football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 13–0 vs. Air Force
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 16
1992 record9–3 (5–3 SEC)
Head coachBilly Brewer (10th season)
CaptainChad Brown
Everett Lindsay
Cory Philpot
Lynn Ross
Russ Shows[1]
Home stadiumVaught–Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 42,577)
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
(Capacity 62,512)
1992 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Eastern Division
No. 10 Florida xy 6 2 0  9 4 0
No. 8 Georgia x 6 2 0  10 2 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 3 0  9 3 0
South Carolina 3 5 0  5 6 0
Vanderbilt 2 6 0  4 7 0
Kentucky 2 6 0  4 7 0
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$ 8 0 0  13 0 0
No. 16 Ole Miss 5 3 0  9 3 0
No. 23 Mississippi State 4 4 0  7 5 0
Arkansas 3 4 1  3 7 1
Auburn 2 5 1  5 5 1
LSU 1 7 0  2 9 0
Championship: Alabama 28, Florida 21
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5AuburnW 45–2140,000
September 12Tulane*
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 35–930,200
September 19at VanderbiltNo. 25L 9–3141,000
September 26at No. 18 Georgia
ABCL 11–3784,278
October 3Kentucky
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 24–1431,200
October 17at Arkansas
W 17–353,513
October 24at No. 4 AlabamaJPL 10–3170,123
October 31LSUW 32–047,000
November 7Memphis State*
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 17–1242,847
November 14Louisiana Tech*
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 13–622,500
November 28No. 16 Mississippi StateNo. 24
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)
JPW 17–1041,500
December 31vs. Air Force*No. 20ESPNW 13–032,107
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[2][1]

Roster

  • QB Russ Shows, Sr.

DE/OLB Cassius Ware DE/OLB Dewayne Dotson

References

  1. Ole Miss 2016 Media Guide. p. 182
  2. "1992 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2017.


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