American college football season
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 1 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
No. 16 Georgia | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | | | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
Auburn | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | | | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 |
LSU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Tennessee | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 |
Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Mississippi State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Ole Miss | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Kentucky | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 |
Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | Memphis State* | | | W 14–7 | 47,535 | [1] |
September 23 | at No. 17 Missouri* | | | L 14–45 | 60,287 | [2] |
September 30 | Southern Miss* | - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Jackson, MS
| | W 16–13 | 42,756 | [3] |
October 7 | at Georgia | | | L 3–42 | 58,800 | [4] |
October 14 | Kentucky | | | L 17–24 | 38,290 | [5] |
October 21 | at South Carolina* | | | L 17–18 | 50,226 | [6] |
October 28 | at Vanderbilt | | | W 35–10 | 25,043 | [7] |
November 4 | at No. 12 LSU | | ABC | L 8–30 | 73,120 | [8] |
November 11 | Tulane* | - Hemingway Stadium
- Oxford, MS (rivalry)
| | W 13–3 | 28,500 | [9] |
November 18 | at Tennessee | | | L 17–41 | 83,210 | [10] |
November 25 | vs. Mississippi State | - Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
| | W 27–7 | 47,012 | [11] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
Mississippi State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | • Ole Miss | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 2 | | MISS | Langley 24 yard field goal | MISS 3-0 | | 2 | | MISS | Perry 6 yard run (Langley kick) | MISS 10-0 | | 2 | | MISS | Kimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick) | MISS 17-0 | | 3 | | MSU | McDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick) | MISS 17-7 | | 4 | | MISS | Langley 43 yard field goal | MISS 20-7 | | 4 | | MISS | Perry 3 yard run (Langley kick) | MISS 27-7 | |
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References
- ^ "Rebels hang on to nip Tigers, 14–7". Hattiesburg American. September 10, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bradley guides Mizzou, 45–14". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss surely beats Southern behind Langley's kicking, 16–13". The Clarion-Ledger. October 1, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia catches Rebs just right". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 8, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ David Crews (October 15, 1978). "Kentucky booms Ole Miss 24–17". The Greenwood Commonwealth. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gamecocks pluck win from Rebs". The Commercial Appeal. October 22, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Perry and Price trigger Ole Miss bomb". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. October 29, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU Tigers romp Rebs behind 'Alex the Great'". The Daily Advertiser. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebels, Eagles take victories". Enterprise-Journal. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vols romp". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 19, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fourcade, frosh QB leads Rebs past Maroons". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 26, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
- ^ "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.
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