1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 17th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss were champions of the Southeastern Conference, finishing the regular season with a record of 7–0–2 (5–0–1 SEC) and ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1964 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to fellow SEC member Alabama.
| 1963 Ole Miss Rebels football | |
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SEC champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 7–12 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| Record | 7–1–2 (5–0–1 SEC) |
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| Captain | Kenny Dill Whaley Hall[1] |
| Home stadium | Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 34,500) Crump Stadium (Capacity: 25,000) |
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| No. 7 Ole Miss $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Auburn | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Alabama | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Through the 2021 season, this is Ole Miss' most recent conference championship.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at Memphis State* | No. 2 | T 0–0 | 31,650 | [3] | ||
| September 28 | at Kentucky | No. 7 | W 31–7 | 37,500 | [4] | ||
| October 5 | at Houston* | No. 10 | W 20–6 | 30,000 | [5] | ||
| October 19 | at Tulane | No. 5 | W 21–0 | 17,000 | [6] | ||
| October 26 | Vanderbilt | No. 5 | W 27–7 | 21,500 | [7] | ||
| November 2 | at LSU | No. 3 | CBS | W 37–3 | 67,500 | [8] | |
| November 9 | Tampa* | No. 3 |
| W 41–0 | 15,800 | [9] | |
| November 16 | vs. Tennessee | No. 3 |
| W 20–0 | 27,022 | [10] | |
| November 30 | at Mississippi State | No. 3 | T 10–10 | 35,218 | [11] | ||
| January 1 | vs. No. 9 Alabama* | No. 7 |
| NBC | L 7–12 | 80,785 | [12] |
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Personnel
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Defense
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Special teams
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Awards
Perry Lee Dunn - 2nd Team All-SEC (AP, UPI)
References
- 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide. p. 180
- "1963 Ole MIss Football Schedule". August 17, 2014.
- "Pure hitting replaces scoring in epic game". The Commercial Appeal. September 22, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Ole Miss displays offensive power in 31–7 slaughter of Kentucky opponent". The Selma Times-Journal. September 29, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Ole Miss skirts Cougar roadblock for 20–6 win". The Birmingham News. October 6, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "State, Rebs top Cougars, Tulane". The Clarion-Ledger. October 20, 1963. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Rebs preserve privacy rather well". The Commercial Appeal. October 27, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Ole Miss Rebels crush jinx and LSU, 37–3". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 3, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Ole Miss Rebs rout little Tampa by 41–0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 10, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Rebels rout Vols". The Bristol Herald Courier. November 17, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Sugar Bowl for Ol' Miss on 10–10 tie". The Des Moines Register. December 1, 1963. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Davis boots Bama over Rebels, 12–7". The Selma Times-Journal. January 2, 1964. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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