2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was Ed Orgeron's third and final season as head coach of the football team.

2007 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
2007 record	3–9 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Ed Orgeron (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Werner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	John Thompson (1st season)
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 60,580)

2007 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 2 Georgia x%		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 13 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	6
Kentucky		3	–	5					8	–	5
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	7
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#		6	–	2					12	–	2
No. 15 Auburn		5	–	3					9	–	4
Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	5
Mississippi State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Alabama		4	–	4					7	–	6
Ole Miss		0	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
– BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4). Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

In 2006, Ole Miss finished with a 4–8 record and finished second to last in the SEC West. Ole Miss's only conference wins came against Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, and they suffered blowout losses against the likes of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Wake Forest. The Rebels did not qualify for a bowl game, but they hoped to improve in 2007.

Schedule

Ole Miss opened the season against non-conference and longtime rival Memphis and played their home opener against Big 12 opponent Missouri. Ole Miss travelled to Vanderbilt, Georgia, Arkansas and Mississippi State. The Rebels hosted SEC opponents Florida, Alabama, Arkansas and LSU. The Rebels also played host to Northwestern State and hosted Louisiana Tech for their homecoming game.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	2:30 p.m.	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	CSS	W 23–21	45,457
September 8	5:00 p.m.	Missouri*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 25–38	50,897
September 15	6:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	PPV	L 17–31	34,180
September 22	11:30 a.m.	No. 3 Florida	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	LFS	L 24–30	55,032
September 29	6:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 17–45	92,746
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 24–0	45,138
October 13	11:00 a.m.	Alabama	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	LFS	L 24–27	59,791
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		L 8–44	52,671
October 27	5:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	PPV	L 3–17	87,451
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Northwestern State*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 38–31	23,283
November 17	2:30 p.m.	No. 1 LSU	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	CBS	L 24–41	61,118
November 23	11:30 a.m.	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	LFS	L 14–17	51,727
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[1]

References

1. "2015 Ole Miss Rebels Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved October 18, 2014.

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1. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/ole/graphics/oldstats/2007-football-stats.pdf