1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

American college football season

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.^[1]

Schedule

Personnel

Game summaries

Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1–0) at Ole Miss Rebels

at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi

• Date: September 17, 1977
• Game weather: Sunny, 90 °F (32 °C)
• Game attendance: 48,200
• Recap

Ole Miss gave eventual national champion Notre Dame its only loss of the season.

References

1. "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
2. "Rebels bounce Tigers 7–3". The Tennessean. September 4, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Rutledge guides Alabama past Ole Miss, 34–14". Hattiesburg American. September 11, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Mississippi Rebels, upsets Irish". The Indianapolis Star. September 18, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Golden Eagles blow down Ole Miss". The Clarion-Ledger. September 25, 1977. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Auburn holds off Ole Miss to post 21–15 SEC victory". Tallahassee Democrat. October 2, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Georgia holds off late Ole Miss rally, 14–13". The Pensacola News-Journal. October 9, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Ole Miss downs Gamecocks". The Sun-News. October 16, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Ole Miss explodes in fourth quarter; beats Vandy 26–14". The Sun Herald. October 23, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "LSU outlasts Ole Miss to take victory". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 30, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Reb blitzkreig humbles Vols". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 13, 1977. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Bulldogs weather early storm and post victory over Rebels". The Commercial Appeal. November 20, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.