1953 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1953 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1953 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by seventh-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and one alternate site game in Jackson, Mississippi). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in a three-way tie for second with a record of 7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC). They were not invited to a bowl game.

1953 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1953 record7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coachJohnny Vaught (7th season)
CaptainEd Beatty[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
1953 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Alabama $ 4 0 3  6 3 3
No. 8 Georgia Tech 4 1 1  9 2 1
No. 16 Kentucky 4 1 1  7 2 1
Ole Miss 4 1 1  7 2 1
No. 17 Auburn 4 2 1  7 3 1
Mississippi State 3 1 3  5 2 3
Tennessee 3 2 1  6 4 1
LSU 2 3 3  5 3 3
Florida 1 3 2  3 5 2
Vanderbilt 1 5 0  3 7 0
Georgia 1 5 0  3 8 0
Tulane 0 7 0  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 19Chattanooga*W 39–6
September 26Kentucky
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 22–6
October 3at AuburnNo. 15
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
L 0–13
October 10Vanderbilt
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 28–6
October 17at Tulane
W 45–14
October 24vs. Arkansas*
W 28–0
October 31at LSUNo. 18
W 27–16
November 7North Texas*No. 12
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 40–7
November 14at No. 2 Maryland*No. 11
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
L 0–38
November 28at Mississippi State
T 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • C Ed Beatty
  • QB Eagle Day, So.
  • Billy Kinard
  • Harol Lofton
  • Bobby McCool
  • OG Crawford Mims

References

  1. 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. pg. 180
  2. "1953 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.


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