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1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 0 0 11 1 0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 0 0 10 1 0
Auburn 5 1 0 6 5 0
LSU 4 2 0 8 4 0
Florida 3 3 0 6 4 1
Georgia 2 4 0 5 6 0
Mississippi State 2 4 0 5 6 0
Ole Miss 3 4 0 6 5 0
Tennessee 1 5 0 4 7 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.[1]

Schedule

September 3Memphis State*

W 7–345,500 September 10at No. 6 Alabama

L 13–3474,324 September 17No. 3 Notre Dame*

W 20–1348,200 September 24Southern Mississippi*

L 19–2720,000 October 1at Auburn

ABCL 15–2148,000 October 8at Georgia

L 13–1456,200 October 15South Carolina*

W 17–1020,000 October 22Vanderbilt

W 26–1432,300 October 29LSU

ABCL 21–28 46,000 November 12Tennessee

W 43–1450,259 November 19vs. Mississippi State

L 14–1846,500

Template:CFB Schedule End Note: Mississippi State later forfeited its win over Ole Miss due to NCAA infractions.

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 706 13
Ole Miss 3 7010 20
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi
  • Game attendance: 48,200
  • Game weather: 90°F

Ole Miss gave Notre Dame its only loss of the season.

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References

  1. ^ "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Ole Miss Rough On Irish." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Sept 18. Retrieved 2012-11-13.