2005 Ole Miss Rebels football team

2005 Ole Miss Rebels football

Conference	Southeastern Conference Western Division
2005 record	3–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Ed Orgeron (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone (1st year)
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (Capacity: 60,580)


2005 SEC football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
#10 Georgia ^x†	6	–	2	10	–	3
South Carolina	5	–	3	7	–	5
#12 Florida	5	–	3	9	–	3
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	5	–	6
Tennessee	3	–	5	5	–	6
Kentucky	2	–	6	3	–	8
Western Division
#5 LSU ^x^y	7	–	1	11	–	2
#14 Auburn ^x	7	–	1	9	–	3
#8 Alabama	0*	–	2	0*	–	2
Arkansas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Mississippi State	1	–	7	3	–	8
Ole Miss	1	–	7	3	–	8
Championship: Georgia 34, LSU 14
† – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had all victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 0–2 (0–2). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated in the Southeastern Conference in the Western Division. The team played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They were coached by head coach Ed Orgeron.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:30 PM	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	ESPN	W 10–6	53,339
September 17	11:30 AM	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	JPS	L 23–31	34,847
September 24	6:00 PM	Wyoming*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		L 14–24	53,652
October 1	11:30 AM	at #10 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	JPS	L 10–27	107,709
October 8	1:00 PM	The Citadel*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		W 27–7	50,272
October 15	2:30 PM	#6 Alabama	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	CBS	L 10–13	60,135
October 22	1:00 PM	Kentucky	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		W 13–7	48,457
October 29	11:30 AM	at #19 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	JPS	L 3–27	85,791
November 12	1:00 PM	Arkansas	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)		L 17–28	53,289
November 19	6:45 PM	#4 LSU	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN2	L 7–40	59,543
November 26	1:30 PM	at Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 14–25	53,655
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Ole Miss Rebels football

Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–1996)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas LSU: Magnolia Bowl Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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