That squad finished 10-0-1 the only blemish was a 6-6 tie against LSU. The 1960 unit is the only team to win a national championship that is recognized by the NCAA and the college football community at large. The Rebels were ranked atop the Associated Press poll for three weeks during the 1960 season and one week during the 1961 campaign. 740 winning percentage, which was the ninth-best during that decade. In the 1960s, Vaught guided the Rebels to a 77–25–6 record and a. Vaught's 1959 squad was honored as the "SEC Team of the Decade." From 1950 to 1959, Ole Miss posted an 80–21–5 record (.778 winning percentage), third only to Oklahoma and Miami (OH) during that decade. The Rebels were among the winningest programs in the country during the 1950s. The 1947 season also saw Ole Miss great Charlie Conerly become the first Rebel player to seriously contend for the Heisman Trophy, placing fourth in the voting. Just 2-7 in 1946, the Rebels went 9–2 in Vaught's first season at the helm, winning the first of his six SEC titles (1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1963). Under Vaught, Ole Miss won the 1959 Dunkel System national championship the 1960 Football Writers Association of America, Dunkel System, and Williamson System national championships and the 1962 Litkenhous Ratings national championship. A former All-American at Texas Christian University (TCU), Vaught led the Ole Miss program to national prominence over the next 24 years, posting 23 winning records and making the team a fixture in the national polls. The modern era of Ole Miss football began in 1947, when Harold Drew was ousted in favor of his line coach, Johnny Vaught. The program joined the Southern Conference in 1922 and the Southeastern Conference in 1933. In 1899, Ole Miss became a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). In that first season, the team compiled a 4–1 record under head coach Alexander Bondurant. The Ole Miss football team played its first season in 1893, and have since fielded a team every year except for 1897 (due to a yellow fever epidemic) and 1943 (due to World War II). Main article: History of Ole Miss Rebels football With a record of 24–14, Ole Miss has the second-highest post-season winning percentage of schools with 30 or more bowl appearances.Īs of 2022, the team's head coach is Lane Kiffin. Ole Miss, however, has never finished a season No. The team has been co- national champion once, with Minnesota in 1960 (the only time that Ole Miss has been acknowledged by the NCAA). The Rebels play their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium on the university's campus in Oxford, Mississippi.įounded in 1893 as the state's first football team, Ole Miss has won six Southeastern Conference titles, in 1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, and 1963. The Rebels compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Ole Miss Rebels football program represents the University of Mississippi, also known as "Ole Miss". Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1899–1921) Football team of the University of Mississippi
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