1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1977 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1976
1978  →
1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Auburn 5 –1 –06 –5 –0
LSU 4 –2 –08 –4 –0
Florida 3 –3 –06 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Ole Miss 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3 Memphis State *
W 7–345,500 [2]
September 10at No. 6 Alabama
L 13–3474,324 [3]
September 17No. 3 Notre Dame *
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 20–1348,200 [4]
September 24 Southern Miss *
L 19–2720,000 [5]
October 1at Auburn
ABC L 15–2148,000 [6]
October 8at Georgia
L 13–1456,200 [7]
October 15 South Carolina *
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 17–1030,100 [8]
October 22 Vanderbilt
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 26–1432,300 [9]
October 29 LSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
ABCL 21–2846,000 [10]
November 12vs. Tennessee
W 43–1450,259 [11]
November 19vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 14–18 (forfeit)46,500 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB David Coates
WR Roy Coleman
OL Chuck Commiskey
TE Bill Denny
QB Tim EllisSr
WR Willie Foster
QB Bobby Garner
RB Roger Gordon
OL Jimmy Hawkins
WR Les Kimbrough
QB Jim Lear
RB Leon Perry
RB Jarratt Price
RB Tyrone Richards
RB L.Q. Smith
FB James Storey
OL Mickey Thames
OL Terrance Walker
TE Curtis Weathers
OL Randy White
RB Freddie Lee Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Charlie Cage
LB Eddie Cole
LB Kem Coleman
DB William Day
DB Al Dotson
DB John Fabris
DL Bob Grefseng
DL Lawrence Johnson
DB Gary Jones
  Brian Moreland
DL Bryan Niebhur
DL George Plasketes
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Carl Langley
K Robin Lavinghouze
P Jim Miller
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1–0) at Ole Miss Rebels
Period1234Total
Notre Dame 070613
Ole Miss 3701020

at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi

  • Date: September 17, 1977
  • Game weather: Sunny, 90 °F (32 °C)
  • Game attendance: 48,200
  • Recap
Game information

Ole Miss gave eventual national champion Notre Dame its only loss of the season.

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