1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1948 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss finished with just one loss, to rival Tulane, to place second in the Southeastern Conference and 15th in the final AP Poll. They were not invited to a bowl game.

1948 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 15
1948 record8–1 (6–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDoug Hamley[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 24,000)
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 0  9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 0  8 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 0  9 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1  8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0  7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1  6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0  4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1  4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1  5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0  5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0  3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 25at FloridaW 14–0
October 2at KentuckyW 20–7
October 9VanderbiltNo. 13W 20–7
October 16at TulaneNo. 10L 7–20
October 23Boston College*No. 20Memphis, TNW 32–13
October 30at LSUW 49–19
November 6at Chattanooga*W 34–7
November 13vs. No. 18 TennesseeMemphis, TNW 16–13
November 27Mississippi StateNo. 16
W 34–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • E Barney Poole
  • E Jackie Poole
  • G Phillip Poole, Sr.

References

  1. 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. p. 180
  2. "1948 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
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