1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1955 Ole Miss Rebels football
1955 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion; Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 14–13 vs. TCU
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
Record	10–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (9th season);
Captain	Buddy Alliston
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium
	Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Auburn	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
No. 7 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Florida	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1955 college football season.^[1] The Rebels were led by ninth-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and one alternate site game in Jackson, Mississippi). Ole Miss was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the second consecutive season, finishing the regular season with a record of 9–1 (5–1 SEC), ranked 10th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated TCU, 14–13.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Georgia	No. 15	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 26–13	36,000	^[2]
September 24	at Kentucky	No. 8	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY		L 14–21	35,000	^[3]
October 1	North Texas State*		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 33–0		^[4]
October 8	vs. Vanderbilt		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		W 13–0	23,207	^[5]
October 15	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)		W 27–13	25,000	^[6]
October 22	Arkansas*		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		W 17–7	30,000	^[7]
October 29	at LSU	No. 20	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)		W 29–26	43,000	^[8]
November 5	at Memphis State*	No. 15	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		W 39–6		^[9]
November 12	Houston*	No. 14	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 27–11	20,000	^[10]
November 26	at Mississippi State	No. 15	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		W 26–0	36,000	^[11]
January 2	vs. No. 7 TCU*	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	NBC	W 14–13	75,500	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game