1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team
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| 1969 Ole Miss Rebels football | |
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Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 27–22 vs. Arkansas | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 13 |
| AP | No. 8 |
| Record | 8–3 (4–2 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 15 Tennessee $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 LSU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Auburn | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Florida | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Ole Miss | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Rebels were led by 23rd-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in fifth. Ole Miss ended the year with five straight victories, including three over top ten-ranked opponents. In their 13th straight bowl appearance, Ole Miss defeated then-No. 3 Arkansas in the 1970 Sugar Bowl. They were ranked 8th in the final AP Poll, conducted after bowl season, and 13th in the Coaches Poll, which was conducted before bowl season.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | Memphis State* | No. 9 | W 28–3 | 34,876 | [2] | |
| September 27 | at Kentucky | No. 8 | L 9–10 | 37,500 | [3] | |
| October 4 | at No. 15 Alabama | No. 20 | L 32–33 | 62,858 | [4] | |
| October 11 | No. 6 Georgia | W 25–17 | 42,581 | [5] | ||
| October 18 | Southern Miss* | No. 19 |
| W 69–7 | 25,283 | [6] |
| October 25 | at Houston* | No. 17 | L 11–25 | 48,049 | [7] | |
| November 1 | No. 8 LSU |
| W 26–23 | 46,332 | [8] | |
| November 8 | Chattanooga* | No. 17 |
| W 21–0 | 15,200 | [9] |
| November 15 | No. 3 Tennessee | No. 18 |
| W 38–0 | 47,220 | [10] |
| November 27 | at Mississippi State | No. 14 | W 48–22 | 34,000 | [11] | |
| January 1 | vs. No. 3 Arkansas* | No. 13 | W 27–22 | 82,500 | [12] | |
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Roster
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Offense
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References
[edit]- ^ "1969 Ole Miss Football Schedule". August 17, 2014.
- ^ "Ole Miss flexes muscles, rips Memphis State, 28–3". The Atlanta Journel & Constitution. September 21, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kentucky 'Cats nudge sluggish Ole Miss, 10–9". The Clarion-Ledger. September 28, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama edges Ole Miss on Hunter's heroics". The Courier-Journal. October 5, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebels drop bomb; Georgia stunned". The Palm Beach Post-Times. October 12, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebels shred Southern 69–7 for homecoming". The Clarion-Ledger. October 19, 1969. Retrieved March 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cougars upset 17th ranked Ole Miss, 25–11". The Odessa American. October 26, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss squeaks past LSU 26–23". The Tampa Tribune. November 2, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebels walk by Mocs in warm-up for Vols". The Clarion-Ledger. November 9, 1969. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Manning steals thunder to shock Tennessee 38–0". The Orlando Sentinel. November 16, 1969. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss Rebels win over MSU". The Daily Advertiser. November 28, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mississippi grabs fumble, shuts off Arkansas, 27–22". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 2, 1970. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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