1964 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1964 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Rebels were led by 18th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. The team competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in seventh. The Rebels were the preseason favorite to win the national title, starting the season ranked first in the nation. The Rebels soon fell out of the rankings, however, after a loss to Kentucky in the second game of the year (the AP Poll ranked only the top 10 teams from 1962 to 1967). The Rebels' fall to seventh place in the conference was the school's first finish outside the conference's top four since 1950. They finished the regular season with a 5–4–1 record, tied for 20th in the final Coaches Poll, conducted before bowl season. They were invited to the 1964 Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to Tulsa.

1964 Ole Miss Rebels football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Tulsa
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
1964 record5–5–1 (2–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (capacity 34,000)
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (capacity 62,000)
1964 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 8 0 0  10 1 0
Florida 4 2 0  7 3 0
No. 7 LSU 4 2 1  8 2 1
Georgia 3 2 0  7 3 1
Auburn 3 3 0  6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0  5 5 0
Ole Miss 2 4 1  5 5 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0  4 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 4 1  3 6 1
Tennessee 1 5 1  4 5 1
Tulane 1 4 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 19Memphis State*No. 1W 30–0
September 26KentuckyNo. 1L 21–27
October 3Houston*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 31–9
October 10at FloridaL 14–30
October 17at TulaneW 14–9
October 24at VanderbiltT 7–7
October 31at No. 9 LSUL 10–11
November 7Tampa*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 36–0
November 14at TennesseeW 30–0
December 5Mississippi State
L 17–20
December 19vs. Tulsa*L 7–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1964 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Mike Dennis Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    References


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