1976 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1976 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1975
1977  
1976 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Georgia $ 5 1 010 2 0
No. 11 Alabama 5 2 09 3 0
No. 20 Mississippi State 4 2 09 2 0
Florida 4 2 08 4 0
No. 18 Kentucky 4 2 08 4 0
LSU 3 3 06 4 1
Auburn 3 3 04 7 0
Ole Miss 3 4 05 6 0
Tennessee 2 4 06 5 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1976 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Rebels were led by third-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 sixth. Highlights of the season included upset victories over top-ten ranked teams Alabama and Georgia. [1]

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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4at Memphis State *L 16–2151,187 [2]
September 11No. 6 Alabama W 10–747,500 [3]
September 18 Tulane *No. 20W 34–733,231 [4]
September 25at Southern Miss *No. 17W 28–033,000 [5]
October 2 Auburn No. 16
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
L 0–1040,500 [6]
October 9No. 4 Georgia
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 21–1736,471 [7]
October 16at South Carolina *No. 16L 7–1053,079 [8]
October 23at Vanderbilt W 20–323,000 [9]
October 30at LSU L 0–4567,350 [10]
November 13at Tennessee L 6–3279,161 [11]
November 20vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
L 11–2846,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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