1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season.[1] The Rebels were led by first-year head coach Ken Cooper and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in last. The Rebels opened the season with an upset of Missouri,[2] but the rest of the season went very poorly, as the team went winless in conference play and finished with a record of 3–8, the school's first losing season since 1949.

1974 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1974 record3–8 (0–6 SEC)
Head coachKen Cooper (1st season)
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1974 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Alabama $ 6 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 8 Auburn 4 –2 –0  10 –2 –0
Georgia 4 –2 –0  6 –6 –0
No. 17 Mississippi State 3 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 15 Florida 3 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Kentucky 3 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
No. 20 Tennessee 2 –3 –1  7 –3 –2
Vanderbilt 2 –3 –1  7 –3 –2
LSU 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –1
Ole Miss 0 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 14No. 18 Missouri*
W 10–0
September 21at Memphis State*
L 7–15
September 28Southern Miss*
W 20–14
October 5No. 3 Alabama
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
L 21–35
October 12at Georgia
L 0–49
October 19South Carolina*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
L 7–10
October 26at Vanderbilt
L 14–24
November 2at LSU
L 0–24
November 16vs. Tennessee
  • Memphis Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
L 17–29
November 23vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
L 13–31
November 30at Tulane*
W 26–10
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi/1974-schedule.html
  2. http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112213aab.html


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