1975 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1975 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–5 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1974
1976  →
1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Alabama $ 6 –0 –011 –1 –0
Florida 5 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 19 Georgia 5 –1 –09 –3 –0
Ole Miss 5 –1 –06 –5 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –07 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 2 –4 –07 –4 –0
LSU 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Auburn 2 –4 –03 –6 –2
Mississippi State 1 –4 –16 –4 –1
Kentucky 0 –6 –02 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited 4 1975 wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. [1] The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Ken Cooper 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 a three-way tie for second place with a conference record of 5–1. This was a significant improvement over the previous year, as the team went winless in conference in 1974.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Baylor *
L 10–2036,400 [2]
September 13at No. 8 Texas A&M *
L 0–741,021 [3]
September 20at Tulane *
L 3–1450,500 [4]
September 27 Southern Miss *
W 24–826,700 [5]
October 4at No. 9 Alabama
L 6–3270,000 [6]
October 11 Georgia
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 28–1331,200 [7]
October 18 South Carolina *
L 29–3530,107 [8]
October 25 Vanderbilt
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 17–720,310 [9]
November 1 LSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
W 17–1340,438 [10]
November 15vs. Tennessee
W 23–651,389 [11]
November 22vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 13–746,500 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "1975 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results".
  2. ↑ "Bears trip Mississippi, 20–10". The Eagle. September 7, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Aggies blank scrappy Rebels, 7–0". The Marshall News Messenger. September 14, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tulane whips Rebs". The Sun Herald. September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Another strange meeting...Rebs 24, USM 8". Hattiesburg American. September 28, 1975. Retrieved March 24, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Alabama's defense jars Ole Miss 32–6". The Courier-Journal. October 5, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Ole Miss upsets Georgia, 28–13". The Macon Telegraph & News. October 12, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Grantz pulls out USC". The Times and Democrat. October 19, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Ole Miss defeats Vandy behind Ellis". The Macon Telegraph & News. October 26, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Ole Miss edges Bayou Tigers". Panama City News-Herald. November 2, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Rebels crush Big Orange 23–6". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 16, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Rebs: THE football team of Mississippi". The Delta Democrat-Times. November 23, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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