1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Billy Kinard and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing tied for seventh with a record of 5–5 (2–5 SEC).

1972 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1972 record5–5 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
1972 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Alabama $ 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 5 Auburn 6 1 0  10 1 0
No. 11 LSU 4 1 1  9 2 1
No. 8 Tennessee 4 2 0  10 2 0
Georgia 4 3 0  7 4 0
Florida 3 3 1  5 5 1
Ole Miss 2 5 0  5 5 0
Kentucky 2 5 0  3 8 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0  4 7 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

This was the first of 11 consecutive seasons in which the Rebels did not play in a bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 16Memphis State*No. 19W 34–2951,174
September 23at South Carolina*No. 20W 21–048,405
September 30Southern Miss*No. 17W 13–9
October 7No. 17 AuburnNo. 18L 13–1946,421
October 14Georgia
  • Mississippi Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, Mississippi
L 13–1442,800
October 21Florida
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, Mississippi
L 0–1635,250
October 28at VanderbiltW 31–721,975
November 4at No. 6 LSUL 16–1770,502
November 18at No. 13 TennesseeL 0–1770,527
November 25Mississippi State
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)
W 51–1433,586
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Greg Ainsworth
RB Gene Allen
WR Bill Barry
OL Pete Boone
OL Art Bressler
OL John Gregory
WR Gary Hall
RB Doug Hamley
RB Paul Hofer
WR Bill Jordan
RB Larry Kramer
OL Don Leathers
QB Bill Malouf
OL Danny Mikul
TE Larry Northam
RB Jimmy Porter
TE Butch Veazey
QB 16 Norris Weese Jr
RB Jim Winstead
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Bob Bailess
DL Reggie Dill
DB Mickey Fratesi
DB Harry Harrison
DL Bill May
DL Mackey McKinzie
DB Stan Moley
LB Mel Richardson
LB Stump Russell
DL Jim Stuart
DB Henry Walsh
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Steve Lavinghouze
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Season summary

at LSU

Ole Miss Rebels at #6 LSU Tigers
1 2 34Total
Ole Miss 3 3 7316
LSU 7 3 0717

at Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  • Date: November 4, 1972
  • Game attendance: 70,502
  • Ocala Star-Banner, 1972 Nov 05.

References

  1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.


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