1939 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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The 1939 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the 1939 college football season.[1] The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Harry Mehre and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. After winning their first three games of the season, Ole Miss made their first ever appearance in the AP Poll. Their victory over rival Vanderbilt was also their first ever; they had lost the first 19 match-ups in the series over a 45-year span. They would finish with a record of 7–2 (2–2 SEC), to finish fifth in the Southeastern Conference.

Record7–2 (2–2 SEC)
Headcoach
CaptainBill Schneller
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1939 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–2 (2–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainBill Schneller
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
 1938
1940 
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1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Tennessee +6001010
No. 16 Georgia Tech +600820
No. 5 Tulane +500811
Mississippi State320820
Ole Miss220720
Kentucky221621
Auburn331551
Alabama231531
Georgia130560
LSU150450
Vanderbilt160271
Florida031551
Sewanee030350
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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Ole Miss was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 35 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[2] and at No. 17 in the Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at LSUW 14–7[4]
October 7at Southwestern (TN)*W 41–012,000[5]
October 14at Centenary*
W 34–07,500[6]
October 21Saint Louis*daggerNo. 17W 42–0[7]
October 28at No. 9 TulaneNo. 14L 6–1837,000[8]
November 4vs. Vanderbilt
W 14–712,000[9]
November 11at Mississippi State Teachers*No. 19W 27–7[10]
November 18West Tennessee State*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 46–74,000[11]
November 25Mississippi State
L 6–1820,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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