1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–7 vs. Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 7
Record9–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 0 1 9 1 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 2 1 6 2 1
No. 17 Florida 4 2 1 6 2 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 3 0 8 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 3 1 5 3 2
LSU 4 4 0 5 5 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 1 4 4 2
Georgia 3 4 0 3 7 0
Tulane 1 5 0 2 8 0
Alabama 1 6 1 2 7 1
Kentucky 1 7 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the

AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated Texas
, 39–7.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at
Trinity (TX)*
W 44–011,527[1]
September 28at KentuckyNo. 19W 15–0[2]
October 5Hardin–Simmons*No. 15W 34–712,000[3]
October 12at VanderbiltNo. 14W 28–024,000[4]
October 18at TulaneNo. 11W 50–030,000[5]
October 26vs. Arkansas*No. 6L 6–1230,601[6]
November 2Houston*No. 14W 20–727,000[7]
November 9LSUdaggerNo. 14
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 14–1230,000[8]
November 16vs. No. 7 TennesseeNo. 8
W 14–731,000[9]
November 30at No. 13 Mississippi StateNo. 7T 7–735,000[10]
January 1vs. Texas*No. 7
W 39–782,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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