1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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).

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1978 record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Cropp
Defensive coordinatorGeorge MacIntyre (1st season)
Captains
  • Bobby Garner
  • Lawrence Johnson
  • Curtis Weathers
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3Memphis State*W 7–347,535
September 23at No. 17 Missouri*L 14–4560,287
September 30Southern Miss*W 16–1342,756
October 7at GeorgiaL 3–4258,800
October 14KentuckyL 17–2438,290
October 21at South Carolina*L 17–1850,226
October 28at VanderbiltW 35–1025,043
November 4at No. 12 LSUABCL 8–3073,120
November 11Tulane*W 13–328,500
November 18at TennesseeL 17–4183,210
November 25vs. Mississippi StateW 27–747,012
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • 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.#NameClass
QB John Fourcade Fr
QB Bobby Garner (C)
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Game summaries

    Mississippi State

    1 234Total
    Mississippi State 0 070 7
    Ole Miss 0 17010 27

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    References


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