American college football season
The 1971 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season . It was the first Rebel squad since 1946 to not be coached by Johnny Vaught , who was forced to take a leave of absence midway through the previous campaign due to health concerns. This was also Ole Miss' last all-white varsity team. The Rebels and Southeastern Conference rival LSU were the last major college teams still fielding all-white squads. LSU also fielded its first desegregated varsity squad in 1972.
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 11 Long Beach State * W 29–1333,500 [1]
September 18 at Memphis State * W 49–2150,164 [2]
September 25 at Kentucky W 34–2037,500 [3]
October 2 at No. 7 Alabama L 6–4072,871 [4] [5]
October 9 No. 10 Georgia Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS L 7–3842,000 [6]
October 16 Southern Miss * W 20–623,200 [7]
October 23 Vanderbilt Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry ) W 28–727,500 [8]
October 30 No. 11 LSU Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry ) W 24–2247,122 [9]
November 6 at Tampa * W 28–2720,559 [10]
November 13 Chattanooga * Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS W 49–1022,190 [11] [12]
November 25 at Mississippi State No. 18 W 48–035,000 [13]
December 30 vs. Georgia Tech * No. 17 W 41–1836,771 [14]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster
1971 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
Game summaries
Mississippi St
1
2 3 4 Total
• Ole Miss
0
42 3 3
48
Mississippi St
0
0 0 0
0
Date: November 25Location: Scott Field Game attendance: 35,000
[15]
Awards
All-SEC: DT Elmer Allen (AP, 1st Team), DB Paul Dongieux (AP, 2nd Team), TE Jim Poole Jr. (UPI, 1st Team) [16]
References
^ "Reserve QB hurls Rebels by Long Beach" . The Los Angeles Times . September 12, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ole Miss waltzes across Tiger rug" . The Commercial Appeal . September 19, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lyons and Reed spark Rebs to 34–20 victory over 'Cats" . The Paducah Sun-Democrat . September 26, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Reed, Delbert (October 3, 1971). "Hot Tide swamps Ole Miss, 40–6" . The Tuscaloosa News . Google News Archives. p. B1. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
^ "Alabama crushes Ole Miss, 40–6" . Spartanburg Herald-Journal . Google News Archives. Associated Press. October 3, 1971. p. B4. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
^ "Unbeaten Georgia wallops Ole Miss" . The Tampa Tribune-Times . October 10, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Rebs get revenge over Southern" . The Delta Democrat-Times . October 17, 1971. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Weese leads Rebs over Commodores" . The Atlanta Journal & Constitution . October 24, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Jackson jinx: Tigers still have it!" . The Shreveport Times . October 31, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "2-point try fails, Tampa falls to Ole Miss, 28–27" . The Orlando Sentinel . November 7, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Rebels roll over 'Nooga" . The Delta Democrat-Times . November 14, 1971. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report" . National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 15, 2022 .
^ "Ole Miss trounces Mississippi State 48–0" . The Morning Call . November 26, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tech was licked" . The Macon News . December 31, 1971. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1971 Nov 26. Retrieved 2018-Aug-12.
^ 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
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