1969 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 27–22 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 8
Record8–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Memphis State*No. 9
W 28–334,876[2]
September 27at KentuckyNo. 8
L 9–1037,500[3]
October 4at No. 15 AlabamaNo. 20
L 32–3362,858[4]
October 11No. 6 Georgia
W 25–1742,581[5]
October 18Southern Miss*No. 19
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 69–725,283[6]
October 25at Houston*No. 17
L 11–2548,049[7]
November 1No. 8 LSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
W 26–2346,332[8]
November 8Chattanooga*No. 17
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 21–015,200[9]
November 15No. 3 TennesseeNo. 18
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
W 38–047,220[10]
November 27at Mississippi StateNo. 14
W 48–2234,000[11]
January 1vs. No. 3 Arkansas*No. 13
W 27–2282,500[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
  Floyd Franks
QB 18 Archie Manning Jr
TE Jim Poole Jr. So
WR 81 Vernon Studdard Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 18 Julian Fagan Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1969 Ole Miss Football Schedule". August 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ole Miss flexes muscles, rips Memphis State, 28–3". The Atlanta Journel & Constitution. September 21, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kentucky 'Cats nudge sluggish Ole Miss, 10–9". The Clarion-Ledger. September 28, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Alabama edges Ole Miss on Hunter's heroics". The Courier-Journal. October 5, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rebels drop bomb; Georgia stunned". The Palm Beach Post-Times. October 12, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rebels shred Southern 69–7 for homecoming". The Clarion-Ledger. October 19, 1969. Retrieved March 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cougars upset 17th ranked Ole Miss, 25–11". The Odessa American. October 26, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ole Miss squeaks past LSU 26–23". The Tampa Tribune. November 2, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rebels walk by Mocs in warm-up for Vols". The Clarion-Ledger. November 9, 1969. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Manning steals thunder to shock Tennessee 38–0". The Orlando Sentinel. November 16, 1969. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Ole Miss Rebels win over MSU". The Daily Advertiser. November 28, 1969. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "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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