1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1979 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1979 record	4–7 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

1979 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
Georgia	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Florida	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 15	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 38–34
September 22	No. 9 Missouri*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	L 7–33
September 29	Southern Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	L 8–38
October 6	Georgia	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 21–24
October 13	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 3–14
October 20	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 14–21
October 27	Vanderbilt	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	W 63–28
November 3	LSU	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)	L 24–28
November 10	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA	L 15–49
November 17	No. 19 Tennessee	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	W 44–20
November 24	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 14–9
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Ole Miss Rebels football
Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–96)
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 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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