1967 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1967 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sun Bowl, L 7–14 vs. UTEP
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–4–1 (4–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1966
1968  
1967 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 09 2 0
No. 8 Alabama 5 1 08 2 1
Florida 4 2 06 4 0
Ole Miss 4 2 16 4 1
Georgia 3 2 07 4 0
LSU 3 2 17 3 1
Auburn 3 3 06 4 0
Kentucky 1 6 02 8 0
Vanderbilt 0 5 02 7 1
Mississippi State 0 6 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. [1] The Rebels were led by 21st-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in fourth. Ole Miss finished the regular season with a record of 6–3–1 and were invited to their 11th consecutive bowl game, the 1966 Sun Bowl, where they lost to UTEP.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Memphis State *L 17–2750,414 [2]
September 30at Kentucky W 26–1333,000 [3]
October 7at No. 9 Alabama ABC L 7–2169,281 [4]
October 14No. 3 Georgia W 29–2038,900 [5]
October 21 Southern Miss *W 23–1425,500 [6]
October 28No. 9 Houston *
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 14–1326,500 [7]
November 4 LSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
T 13–1345,000 [8]
November 18vs. No. 2 Tennessee
  • Memphis Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN (rivalry)
L 7–2050,881 [9]
November 25at Vanderbilt W 28–712,000 [10]
December 2at Mississippi State W 10–321,000 [11]
December 30vs. UTEP *L 7–1434,685 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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