1968 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1968 Ole Miss Rebels football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 34–17 vs. VPI
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1967
1969  
1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 5 0 18 1 2
No. 13 Tennessee 4 1 18 2 1
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 08 3 0
No. 19 LSU 4 2 08 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 07 4 0
Florida 3 2 16 3 1
Ole Miss 3 2 17 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 15 4 1
Mississippi State 0 4 10 8 2
Kentucky 0 7 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Rebels were led by 22nd-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 tied for sixth. After finishing the regular season with a record of 6–3–1, they were invited to the 1968 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated VPI (Virginia Tech).

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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Memphis State *W 21–751,046 [1]
September 27 Kentucky W 30–1440,102 [2]
October 4No. 11 Alabama
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
W 10–847,152 [3]
October 11at No. 17 Georgia No. 13L 7–2156,111 [4]
October 18 Southern Miss *No. 16W 21–1328,000 [5]
October 25 Houston *No. 17
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
L 7–2932,157 [6]
November 1at No. 14 LSU W 27–2469,337 [7]
November 8No. 3 (small) Chattanooga *
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 38–1615,000 [8]
November 15at No. 11 Tennessee L 0–3162,786 [9]
November 29 Mississippi State
T 17–1727,000 [10]
December 13vs. VPI *
W 34–1746,206 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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