1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Cropp (1st season)
Defensive coordinator George MacIntyre (1st season)
Captains
  • Bobby Garner
  • Lawrence Johnson
  • Curtis Weathers
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 16 Georgia 5 –0 –19 –2 –1
Auburn 3 –2 –16 –4 –1
LSU 3 –3 –08 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –05 –5 –1
Florida 3 –3 –04 –7 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Ole Miss 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Kentucky 2 –4 –04 –6 –1
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9 Memphis State *
W 14–747,535 [1]
September 23at No. 17 Missouri *
L 14–4560,287 [2]
September 30 Southern Miss *
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 16–1342,756 [3]
October 7at Georgia
L 3–4258,800 [4]
October 14 Kentucky Dagger-14-plain.png
L 17–2438,290 [5]
October 21at South Carolina *
L 17–1850,226 [6]
October 28at Vanderbilt
W 35–1025,043 [7]
November 4at No. 12 LSU
ABC L 8–3073,120 [8]
November 11 Tulane *
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 13–328,500 [9]
November 18at Tennessee
L 17–4183,210 [10]
November 25vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 27–747,012 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB John FourcadeFr
QB Bobby Garner (C)
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Mississippi State

1234Total
Mississippi State00707
•Ole Miss01701027
Scoring summary
2MISSLangley 24 yard field goalMISS 3-0
2MISSPerry 6 yard run (Langley kick)MISS 10-0
2MISSKimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick)MISS 17-0
3MSUMcDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick)MISS 17-7
4MISSLangley 43 yard field goalMISS 20-7
4MISSPerry 3 yard run (Langley kick)MISS 27-7

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  2. ↑ "Bradley guides Mizzou, 45–14". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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