1959 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1959 Ole Miss Rebels football
National Champion (Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin)[1]
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 21–0 vs. LSU
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record10–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Crump Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 3 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 2 Ole Miss # 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
Auburn 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Georgia Tech 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
No. 19 Florida 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Tulane 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1959 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the

national champions by Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel and Sagarin (however, it is not recognized by the NCAA).[2] Syracuse was crowned as the national champion by both the AP and the UPI wire services.[2] The team was later rated the third best squad from 1956 to 1995 by Sagarin.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Houston*No. 8
W 16–045,000[4]
September 26at KentuckyNo. 4
W 16–033,000[5]
October 3No. 11 (small) Memphis State*No. 3
W 43–012,500[6]
October 10at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• W 33–025,000[7]
    October 17TulaneNo. 5
    • Hemingway Stadium
    • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
    		W 53–723,500[8]
    October 24vs. No. 10 Arkansas*No. 4
    		W 28–032,004[9]
    October 31at No. 1 LSUNo. 3
    		L 3–767,327[10]
    November 7No. 18 (small) Chattanooga*No. 5
    • Hemingway Stadium
    • Oxford, MS
    		W 58–014,500[11]
    November 14vs. No. 9 TennesseeNo. 5
    		W 37–732,515[12]
    November 28at Mississippi StateNo. 2
    		W 42–034,000[13]
    January 1, 1960vs. No. 3 LSU*No. 2
    		W 21–081,141[14]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    Roster

    References

    1. ^ NCAA. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). 2020 NCAA Division I Football records. NCAA.org. p. 117. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
    2. ^ a b National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "National Poll Champions" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. p. 73. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
    3. ^ "Vaught passes away". CBS Interactive. February 4, 2006. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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    15. ^ DeLassus, David. "Mississippi Yearly Results: 1955–1959". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2013.


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