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1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Cropp (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGeorge MacIntyre (1st season)
Captains
  • Bobby Garner
  • Lawrence Johnson
  • Curtis Weathers
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia 5 – 0 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Florida 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9Memphis State*
W 14–747,535[1]
September 23at No. 17 Missouri*
L 14–4560,287[2]
September 30Southern Miss*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 16–1342,756[3]
October 7at Georgia
L 3–4258,800[4]
October 14Kentucky 
L 17–2438,290[5]
October 21at South Carolina*
L 17–1850,226[6]
October 28at Vanderbilt
W 35–1025,043[7]
November 4at No. 12 LSU
ABCL 8–3073,120[8]
November 11Tulane*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 13–328,500[9]
November 18at Tennessee
L 17–4183,210[10]
November 25vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 27–747,012[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB John Fourcade Fr
QB Bobby Garner (C)
RB 20 Leon Perry Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries

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Mississippi State

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1 234Total
Mississippi State 0 070 7
• Ole Miss 0 17010 27
Scoring summary
2MISSLangley 24 yard field goalMISS 3-0
2MISSPerry 6 yard run (Langley kick)MISS 10-0
2MISSKimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick)MISS 17-0
3MSUMcDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick)MISS 17-7
4MISSLangley 43 yard field goalMISS 20-7
4MISSPerry 3 yard run (Langley kick)MISS 27-7

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References

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  1. ^ "Rebels hang on to nip Tigers, 14–7". Hattiesburg American. September 10, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Bradley guides Mizzou, 45–14". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss surely beats Southern behind Langley's kicking, 16–13". The Clarion-Ledger. October 1, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia catches Rebs just right". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 8, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ David Crews (October 15, 1978). "Kentucky booms Ole Miss 24–17". The Greenwood Commonwealth. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Gamecocks pluck win from Rebs". The Commercial Appeal. October 22, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Perry and Price trigger Ole Miss bomb". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. October 29, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "LSU Tigers romp Rebs behind 'Alex the Great'". The Daily Advertiser. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rebels, Eagles take victories". Enterprise-Journal. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Vols romp". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 19, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Fourcade, frosh QB leads Rebs past Maroons". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 26, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
  13. ^ "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.


 

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