1963 Ole Miss Rebels football team
| 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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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.
Through the 2021 season, this is Ole Miss' most recent conference championship.
Schedule[edit]
| 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[edit]
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Special teams
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Awards[edit]
Perry Lee Dunn - 2nd Team All-SEC (AP, UPI)
References[edit]
- ^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide[permanent dead link]. 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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