1978 Ole Miss Rebels football | |
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 5–6 (2–4 SEC) |
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Offensive coordinator | John Cropp (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | George MacIntyre (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Hemingway Stadium (35,000) Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000) |
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No. 1 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Georgia | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | Memphis State * | W 14–7 | 47,535 | [1] | ||
September 23 | at No. 17 Missouri * | L 14–45 | 60,287 | [2] | ||
September 30 | Southern Miss * |
| W 16–13 | 42,756 | [3] | |
October 7 | at Georgia | L 3–42 | 58,800 | [4] | ||
October 14 | Kentucky ![]() | L 17–24 | 38,290 | [5] | ||
October 21 | at South Carolina * | L 17–18 | 50,226 | [6] | ||
October 28 | at Vanderbilt | W 35–10 | 25,043 | [7] | ||
November 4 | at No. 12 LSU | ABC | L 8–30 | 73,120 | [8] | |
November 11 | Tulane * |
| W 13–3 | 28,500 | [9] | |
November 18 | at Tennessee | L 17–41 | 83,210 | [10] | ||
November 25 | vs. Mississippi State |
| W 27–7 | 47,012 | [11] | |
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