1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team explained

Year:1977
Team:Ole Miss Rebels
Sport:football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:6–5
Conf Record:3–4
Head Coach:Ken Cooper
Hc Year:4th
Stadium:Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.[1]

Game summaries

Notre Dame

See also: 1977 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.

Ole Miss gave eventual national champion Notre Dame its only loss of the season.

Notes and References

  1. News: Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games . Associated Press . The Tuscaloosa News . 19 . May 24, 1978 . March 23, 2013.