1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1977 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1977 record	5–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Ken Cooper
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

1977 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Alabama $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#6 Kentucky	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 college 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 and the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. 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

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 3	Memphis State*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	W 7–3
September 10	at #6 Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Rivalry)	L 13–34
September 17	#3 Notre Dame*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	W 20–13
September 24	Southern Mississippi*	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 19–27
October 1	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 15–21
October 8	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 13–14
October 15	South Carolina*	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 17–10
October 22	Vanderbilt	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	W 26–14
October 29	LSU	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	L 21–28
November 12	Tennessee	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 43–14
November 19	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 14–18
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Note: Mississippi State later forfeited its win over Ole Miss due to NCAA infractions.

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Game notes

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	7	0	6	13
• Ole Miss	3	7	0	10	20

Date: September 17
Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi
Game attendance: 48,200
Game weather: 90°F

Scoring summary

1	Ole Miss	Carl Langley 29 yard field goal	Ole Miss 3-0

2	Notre Dame	Jerome Heavens 2 yard run (Dave Reeve kick)	Notre Dame 7-3

2	Ole Miss	James Storey 10 yard pass from Bobby Garner (Carl Langley kick)	Ole Miss 10-7

4	Notre Dame	Dave Reeve 44 yard field goal	Tie 10-10

4	Notre Dame	Dave Reeve 28 yard field goal	Notre Dame 13-10

4	Ole Miss	James Storey 10 yard pass from Tim Ellis (Carl Langley kick)	Ole Miss 17-13

4	Ole Miss	Carl Langley 27 yard field goal	Ole Miss 20-13

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

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References

↑ "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. May 24, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
↑ "Ole Miss Rough On Irish." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Sept 18. Retrieved 2012-11-13.

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 Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane 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 2016

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