1951 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1951 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	6–3–1 (4–2–1 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (5th season)
Captain	Othar Crawford
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium

1951 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	1
No. 1 Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
No. 15 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1951 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	night	at Memphis State*	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	W 32–0
September 29		No. 6 Kentucky	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi	W 21–17
October 5	night	Boston College	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	W 34–7
October 13		vs. Vanderbilt	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee (rivalry)	L 20–34
October 20		Tulane	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)	W 25–6
October 26	night	at Miami (FL)*	Orange Bowl Miami	L 7–20
November 3	night	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	T 6–6
November 10		at Auburn	Mobile, Alabama	W 39–14
November 17		Tennessee	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi	L 21–46
December 1		at Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	W 49–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

• FB Arnold Boykin
• QB Rocky Byrd
• QB Jimmy Lear