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1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – 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 Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–5 SEC).

Schedule

September 3Memphis State*

W 7–3 September 23at No. 17 Missouri*

L 14–45 September 30Southern Miss*

  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS

W 16–13 October 7at Georgia

L 3–42 October 14Kentuckydagger

L 17–24 October 21at South Carolina*

L 17–18 October 28at Vanderbilt

W 35–10 November 4at No. 12 LSU

L 8–30 November 11Tulane*

  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS

W 13–3 November 18at Tennessee

L 17–41 November 25vs. Mississippi State

  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)

W 27–7

Template:CFB Schedule End

[1]

Game notes

Mississippi State

1 234Total
Mississippi State 0 070 7
Ole Miss 0 17010 27

[2]

References

  1. ^ 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
  2. ^ "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.