1952 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1952 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1952 college football season.^[1] The Rebels were led by sixth-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Ole Miss finished the regular season undefeated and on a six-game winning streak, including a victory over reigning Sugar Bowl champion and previously undefeated Maryland. They were third in the Southeastern Conference, with a record of 8–0–2 (4–0–2 SEC), and ranked 7th in the AP Poll. The Rebels were invited to their first ever Sugar Bowl, where they lost to SEC champion Georgia Tech.

CoachesNo. 7

APNo. 7

Record8–1–2 (4–0–2 SEC)

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1952 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Georgia Tech $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 8 Tennessee	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
No. 7 Ole Miss	4	–	0	–	2	8	–	1	–	2
No. 9 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Florida	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
No. 20 Kentucky	1	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
LSU	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Memphis State*		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 54–6	16,413	^[2]
September 27	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	T 13–13	29,000	^[3]
October 4	vs. Auburn	No. 18	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 20–7	14,007	^[4]
October 11	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	T 21–21	23,000	^[5]
October 18	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 20–14	38,000	^[6]
October 25	at Arkansas*		War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	W 34–7	28,000	^[7]
November 1	LSU		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 28–0	22,500	^[8]
November 8	at Houston*	No. 14	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 6–0	34,000–34,500	^[9]
November 15	No. 3 Maryland*	No. 11	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 21–14	32,500	^[10]
November 29	Mississippi State	No. 6	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 20–14	28,000	^[11]
January 1	vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech*	No. 7	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	L 7–24	80,187	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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