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1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth and final season, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.[1]

Record6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Headcoach
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1977 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
 1976
1978 
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1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama $7001110
No. 6 Kentucky6001010
Auburn510650
LSU420840
Florida330641
Georgia240560
Mississippi State240560
Ole Miss340650
Tennessee150470
Vanderbilt060290
  • $ Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3Memphis State*W 7–345,500[2]
September 10at No. 6 AlabamaL 13–3474,324[3]
September 17No. 3 Notre Dame*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 20–1348,200[4]
September 24Southern Miss*L 19–2720,000[5]
October 1at AuburnABCL 15–2148,000[6]
October 8at GeorgiaL 13–1456,200[7]
October 15South Carolina*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 17–1030,100[8]
October 22Vanderbilt
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 26–1432,300[9]
October 29LSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
ABCL 21–2846,000[10]
November 12vs. TennesseeW 43–1450,259[11]
November 19vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 14–18 (forfeit)46,500[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries

Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1–0) at Ole Miss Rebels
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
Notre Dame 0 7 0613
Ole Miss 3 7 01020
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at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi

  • Date: September 17, 1977
  • Game weather: Sunny, 90 °F (32 °C)
  • Game attendance: 48,200
  • Recap
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Ole Miss gave eventual national champion Notre Dame its only loss of the season.

Roster

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1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB David Coates
WR Roy Coleman
OL Chuck Commiskey
TE Bill Denny
QB Tim Ellis Sr
WR Willie Foster
QB Bobby Garner
RB Roger Gordon
OL Jimmy Hawkins
WR Les Kimbrough
QB Jim Lear
RB 20 Leon Perry So
RB Jarratt Price
RB Tyrone Richards
RB L.Q. Smith
FB James Storey
OL Mickey Thames
OL Terrance Walker
TE Curtis Weathers
OL Randy White
RB Freddie Lee Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Charlie Cage
LB Eddie Cole
LB Kem Coleman
DB William Day
DB Al Dotson
DB John Fabris
DL Bob Grefseng
DL Lawrence Johnson
DB Gary Jones
  Brian Moreland
DL Bryan Niebhur
DL George Plasketes
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Carl Langley
K Robin Lavinghouze
P Jim Miller
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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