1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1948 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 15
Record8–1 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDoug Hamley
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
(capacity: 24,000)
Seasons
  1947
1949  
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 09 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 08 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 09 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 18 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 07 3 0
Alabama 4 4 16 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 04 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 14 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 15 3 2
Florida 1 5 05 5 0
LSU 1 5 03 7 0
Auburn 0 7 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1948 college football season. [1] The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss finished with just one loss, to rival Tulane, to place second in the Southeastern Conference and 15th in the final AP Poll. They were not invited to a bowl game.

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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Florida W 14–024,000 [2]
October 2at Kentucky W 20–730,000 [3]
October 9 Vanderbilt Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 13W 20–722,500 [4]
October 16at Tulane No. 10L 7–2043,000 [5]
October 23 Boston College *No. 20W 32–1323,000 [6]
October 30at LSU W 49–1940,000 [7]
November 6at Chattanooga *W 34–77,500 [8]
November 13vs. No. 18 Tennessee
W 16–1331,000 [9]
November 27 Mississippi State No. 16
W 34–726,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
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Poll12345678Final
AP 13т1020171615 (13)

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References

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