1956 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1956 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Auburn 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kentucky 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Alabama 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Mississippi State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Georgia 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1956 college football season.[1] The Rebels were led by 10th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and alternate site home games in Jackson, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in fourth with a record of 7–3 (4–2 SEC). They were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22North Texas State*No. 13
W 45–07,000[2]
September 29KentuckyNo. 9
W 37–725,101[3]
October 6Houston*No. 6
W 14–026,000[4]
October 13No. 13 VanderbiltdaggerNo. 7
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 16–028,500[5]
October 20No. 19 TulaneNo. 6
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
L 3–1028,000[6]
October 27at Arkansas*No. 10
L 0–1435,500[7]
November 3at LSU
W 46–1735,000[8]
November 10at Memphis State*
W 26–0[9]
November 17at No. 1 TennesseeNo. 19
L 7–27[10]
December 1Mississippi State
W 13–734,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • FB Paige Cothren, Sr.

References

  1. ^ "1956 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ole Miss Rebs whip North Texas by 45–0". The Clarion-Ledger. September 23, 1956. Retrieved November 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss rambles by Kentucky, 37–7". The Orlando Sentinel. September 30, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ole Miss strikes early to down Houston 14–0". The Clarion-Ledger. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss tops Vandy, 16–0, Cothren shines". Daily Press. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tulane defeats Rebels in mud before 28,000". The Clarion-Ledger. October 21, 1956. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Porker spurts upset Ole Miss". The Birmingham News. October 28, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Johnny Rebs saturate LSU with last half TDs, win 46–17". The Atlanta Journal. November 4, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Vol-conscious Rebs trip Memphis State, 26–0". The Birmingham News. November 11, 1956. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Vols rally to beat Rebs, 27–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rebels edge State 13–7 on thrilling comeback". The Clarion-Ledger. December 2, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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