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
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1977
1979  
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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).

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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.pngL 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)
RB 20 Leon Perry Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

Mississippi State

1234Total
Mississippi State00707
Ole Miss01701027

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References

  1. "Rebels hang on to nip Tigers, 14–7". Hattiesburg American. September 10, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Bradley guides Mizzou, 45–14". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Ole Miss surely beats Southern behind Langley's kicking, 16–13". The Clarion-Ledger. October 1, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Georgia catches Rebs just right". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 8, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. David Crews (October 15, 1978). "Kentucky booms Ole Miss 24–17". The Greenwood Commonwealth. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Gamecocks pluck win from Rebs". The Commercial Appeal. October 22, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Perry and Price trigger Ole Miss bomb". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. October 29, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "LSU Tigers romp Rebs behind 'Alex the Great'". The Daily Advertiser. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Rebels, Eagles take victories". Enterprise-Journal. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Vols romp". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 19, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Fourcade, frosh QB leads Rebs past Maroons". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 26, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  12. 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
  13. "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.