1976 Ole Miss Rebels football team
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 5–6 (3–4 SEC) |
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Home stadium | Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Georgia $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Alabama | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Mississippi State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Kentucky | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | at Memphis State* | L 16–21 | 51,187 | [2] | ||
September 11 | No. 6 Alabama | W 10–7 | 47,500 | [3] | ||
September 18 | Tulane* | No. 20 | W 34–7 | 33,231 | [4] | |
September 25 | at Southern Miss* | No. 17 | W 28–0 | 33,000 | [5] | |
October 2 | Auburn | No. 16 |
| L 0–10 | 40,500 | [6] |
October 9 | No. 4 Georgia |
| W 21–17 | 36,471 | [7] | |
October 16 | at South Carolina* | No. 16 | L 7–10 | 53,079 | [8] | |
October 23 | at Vanderbilt | W 20–3 | 23,000 | [9] | ||
October 30 | at LSU | L 0–45 | 67,350 | [10] | ||
November 13 | at Tennessee | L 6–32 | 79,161 | [11] | ||
November 20 | vs. Mississippi State |
| L 11–28 | 46,000 | [12] | |
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Roster
[edit]- QB Bobby Garner
- TE Ray Poole Jr.
References
[edit]- ^ "1976 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results".
- ^ "Memphis stuns Rebs 21–16". Tallahassee Democrat. September 5, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebs stun Bama, 10–7". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 12, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebs wallop Tulane". The Sun Herald. September 19, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebels play spoilers, trounce Eagles, 28–0". Hattiesburg American. September 26, 1976. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn downs Rebs in defenseive battle". The Sun Herald. October 3, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ellis is redeemed by leading Ole Miss to big win over Georgia". The Courier-Journal. October 10, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "South Carolina Gamecocks nip 14th ranked Ole Miss". Florence Morning News. October 17, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebs roll past Vandy by 20–3". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 24, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU plays havoc with Rebs, 45–0". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 31, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "10 Reb turnovers help Vols". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 14, 1976. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "State trounces Ole Miss Rebels 28–11". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 21, 1976. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.