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
ConfOverall
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 all 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.

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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
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

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References

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