1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Cropp (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGeorge MacIntyre (1st season)
Captains
  • Bobby Garner
  • Lawrence Johnson
  • Curtis Weathers
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 0 0 11 1 0
No. 16 Georgia 5 0 1 9 2 1
Auburn 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0 8 4 0
Tennessee 3 3 0 5 5 1
Florida 3 3 0 4 7 0
Mississippi State 2 4 0 6 5 0
Ole Miss 2 4 0 5 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 0 4 6 1
Vanderbilt 0 6 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9Memphis State*W 14–747,535[1]
September 23at No. 17 Missouri*L 14–4560,287[2]
September 30Southern Miss*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 16–1342,756[3]
October 7at GeorgiaL 3–4258,800[4]
October 14KentuckydaggerL 17–2438,290[5]
October 21at South Carolina*L 17–1850,226[6]
October 28at VanderbiltW 35–1025,043[7]
November 4at No. 12 LSUABCL 8–3073,120[8]
November 11Tulane*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 13–328,500[9]
November 18at TennesseeL 17–4183,210[10]
November 25vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 27–747,012[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB John Fourcade Fr
QB Bobby Garner (C)
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Mississippi State

1 234Total
Mississippi State 0 070 7
Ole Miss 0 17010 27
  • Date: November 25
  • Location:
    Jackson, MS
  • Game attendance: 47,012

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  13. ^ "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.