1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1948 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1948 college football season.^[1] The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss finished with just one loss, to rival Tulane, to place second in the Southeastern Conference and 15th in the final AP Poll. They were not invited to a bowl game.

1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL	W 14–0	24,000	^[2]
October 2	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 20–7	30,000	^[3]
October 9	Vanderbilt	No. 13	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 20–7	22,500	^[4]
October 16	at Tulane	No. 10	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	L 7–20	43,000	^[5]
October 23	Boston College*	No. 20	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 32–13	23,000	^[6]
October 30	at LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 49–19	40,000	^[7]
November 6	at Chattanooga*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 34–7	7,500	^[8]
November 13	vs. No. 18 Tennessee		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 16–13	31,000	^[9]
November 27	Mississippi State	No. 16	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 34–7	26,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	13т	10	20	—	—	—	17	16	15 (13)

^ "1948 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
^ "Mississippi defeats Florida in opening game, 14–0". Pensacola News Journal. September 26, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Alert, speedy Ole Miss spoils Kentucky's S.E.C. debut 20–7". The Courier-Journal. October 3, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ole Miss downs Vandy on late splurge, 20–7". The Birmingham News. October 10, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulane smacks Mississippi Rebels, 20 to 7". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. October 17, 1948. Retrieved April 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mississippi Rebels swamp Boston College club, 32–13". The News and Observer. October 24, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ole Miss Rebels murder LSU for 49–19 victory". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 31, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rebels trample Chattanooga in homecoming game". The Clarion-Ledger. November 7, 1948. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mississippi's fleet backs sting Tennessee Vols with 16 to 13 win". The Jackson Sun. November 14, 1948. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ole Miss whips arch-rival Mississippi State by 34–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 28, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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