1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Cropp (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGeorge MacIntyre (1st season)
Captains
  • Bobby Garner
  • Lawrence Johnson
  • Curtis Weathers
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Memorial Stadium (46,000)
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 16 Georgia 5 –0 –19 –2 –1
Auburn 3 –2 –16 –4 –1
LSU 3 –3 –08 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –05 –5 –1
Florida 3 –3 –04 –7 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Ole Miss 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Kentucky 2 –4 –04 –6 –1
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3Memphis State*
W 7–347,535
September 23at No. 17 Missouri*
L 14–4560,287
September 30Southern Miss*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 16–1342,756[1]
October 7at Georgia
L 3–4258,800
October 14Kentuckydagger
L 17–2438,290[2]
October 21at South Carolina*
L 17–1850,226
October 28at Vanderbilt
W 35–1025,043
November 4at No. 12 LSU
ABCL 8–3073,120
November 11Tulane*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 13–328,500[3]
November 18at Tennessee
L 17–4183,210[4]
November 25vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 27–747,012
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster
1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB John Fourcade Fr
QB Bobby Garner (C)
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Game summaries

    Mississippi State
    1 234Total
    Mississippi State 0 070 7
    • Ole Miss 0 17010 27
    Scoring summary
    2MISSLangley 24 yard field goalMISS 3-0
    2MISSPerry 6 yard run (Langley kick)MISS 10-0
    2MISSKimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick)MISS 17-0
    3MSUMcDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick)MISS 17-7
    4MISSLangley 43 yard field goalMISS 20-7
    4MISSPerry 3 yard run (Langley kick)MISS 27-7

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    References
    1. "Ole Miss surely beats Southern behind Langley's kicking, 16–13". The Clarion-Ledger. October 1, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    2. David Crews (October 15, 1978). "Kentucky booms Ole Miss 24-17". The Greenwood Commonwealth. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. "Rebels, Eagles take victories". Enterprise-Journal. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    4. "Vols romp". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 19, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
    5. 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
    6. "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.


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