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1953 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1953 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainEd Beatty[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 0 3 6 3 3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 1 1 9 2 1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 1 1 7 2 1
Ole Miss 4 1 1 7 2 1
No. 17 Auburn 4 2 1 7 3 1
Mississippi State 3 1 3 5 2 3
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 2 3 3 5 3 3
Florida 1 3 2 3 5 2
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 5 0 3 8 0
Tulane 0 7 0 1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1953 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by seventh-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and one alternate site game in Jackson, Mississippi). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in a three-way tie for second with a record of 7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC). They were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 19Chattanooga*W 39–6
September 26KentuckyW 22–6
October 3at AuburnNo. 15L 0–13
October 10Vanderbiltdagger
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 28–6
October 17at TulaneW 45–14
October 24vs. Arkansas*W 28–0
October 31at LSUNo. 18W 27–16
November 7North Texas*No. 12
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 40–7
November 14at No. 2 Maryland*No. 11L 0–38
November 28at Mississippi StateT 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • C Ed Beatty
  • QB Eagle Day, So.
  • Billy Kinard
  • Harol Lofton
  • Bobby McCool
  • OG Crawford Mims

References

  1. ^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. pg. 180
  2. ^ "1953 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.