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The 1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Billy Kinard and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing tied for seventh with a record of 5–5 (2–5 SEC).

Ole Miss fielded its first integrated varsity football team in 1972, as did SEC rivals Georgia and LSU. This was ten years after James Meredith became the first African-American to attend the university.

This was the first of 11 consecutive seasons in which the Rebels did not play in a bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at Memphis State*	No. 19	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 34–29	51,174	[1]
September 23	at South Carolina*	No. 20	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 21–0	48,405	[2]
September 30	Southern Miss*	No. 17	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 13–9	27,200	[3]
October 7	No. 17 Auburn	No. 18	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	L 13–19	46,421	[4]
October 14	Georgia		Mississippi Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 13–14	42,800	[5]
October 21	Florida		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 0–16	35,250	[6]
October 28	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 31–7	21,975	[7]
November 4	at No. 6 LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 16–17	70,502	[8]
November 18	at No. 13 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–17	70,527	[9]
November 25	Mississippi State		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 51–14	33,586	[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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