1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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Ranking
APNo. 20
1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 LSU $ 5 0 0 9 3 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 1 0 11 1 0
No. 10 Auburn 5 2 0 9 2 0
No. 20 Ole Miss 4 2 0 7 4 0
Florida 3 3 0 7 4 0
Georgia 3 3 0 5 5 0
Alabama 3 4 0 6 5 1
Mississippi State 3 4 0 6 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 4 7 0
Kentucky 0 7 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1970 college football season and in the 1971 Gator Bowl against Auburn where Ole Miss lost 35–28. Archie Manning was the quarterback for Ole Miss.[1] This also marked the last season of coach Johnny Vaught's and first tenure as the Ole Miss coach.

Season

In the Egg Bowl, Mississippi State beat Ole Miss by a score of 19–14. Ole Miss still held the lead in the series with 35 wins, 26 losses and 6 ties. In the Magnolia Bowl, LSU beat Ole Miss by a score of 61–17. LSU held the lead in the series with 30 wins, 26 losses, and 3 ties.

September 19at Memphis State*No. 5

W 47–1351,456 September 26KentuckyNo. 5

W 20–1746,200 October 3AlabamaNo. 7

  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)

ABCW 48–2346,821 October 10at GeorgiaNo. 5

W 31–2159,310 October 17Southern Mississippi*No. 4

L 14–30  October 24at VanderbiltNo. 13

W 26–1634,000 November 7Houston*daggerNo. 13

  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS

W 24–1336,535 November 14Chattanooga*No. 12

  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS

W 44–715,137 November 26Mississippi StateNo. 10

L 14–1935,000 December 5at No. 8 LSUNo. 16

L 17–6167,590 January 2, 1971Auburn*No. NR

L 28–3571,136

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Players Selected in 1971 NFL Draft

Player Round Pick Position Club
Archie Manning 1 2 Quarterback New Orleans Saints
Wimpy Winther 4 88 Center New Orleans Saints
Adam Mitchell 4 103 Tackle Dallas Cowboys
Fred Brister 5 128 Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers
Dennis Coleman 6 151 Linebacker Miami Dolphins
Wyck Neely 6 154 Defensive Back Philadelphia Eagles
Worthy McClure 7 164 Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers
Vernon Studdard 11 266 Wide Receiver New York Jets
Floyd Franks 12 295 Wide Receiver Denver Broncos

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Awards and honors

References