1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team
American college football season
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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).
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Headcoach
- Steve Sloan (1st season)
OffensivecoordinatorJohn Cropp (1st season)
| 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (2–4 SEC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | John Cropp (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | George MacIntyre (1st season) |
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| Home stadium | Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | Memphis State* | W 14–7 | 47,535 | [1] | ||
| September 23 | at No. 17 Missouri* | L 14–45 | 60,287 | [2] | ||
| September 30 | Southern Miss* |
| W 16–13 | 42,756 | [3] | |
| October 7 | at Georgia | L 3–42 | 58,800 | [4] | ||
| October 14 | Kentucky | L 17–24 | 38,290 | [5] | ||
| October 21 | at South Carolina* | L 17–18 | 50,226 | [6] | ||
| October 28 | at Vanderbilt | W 35–10 | 25,043 | [7] | ||
| November 4 | at No. 12 LSU | ABC | L 8–30 | 73,120 | [8] | |
| November 11 | Tulane* |
| W 13–3 | 28,500 | [9] | |
| November 18 | at Tennessee | L 17–41 | 83,210 | [10] | ||
| November 25 | vs. Mississippi State |
| W 27–7 | 47,012 | [11] | |
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Roster
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Game summaries
Mississippi State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| • Ole Miss | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
- Date: November 25
- Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, MS
- Game attendance: 47,012
| 2 | MISS | Langley 24 yard field goal | MISS 3-0 | |
| 2 | MISS | Perry 6 yard run (Langley kick) | MISS 10-0 | |
| 2 | MISS | Kimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick) | MISS 17-0 | |
| 3 | MSU | McDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick) | MISS 17-7 | |
| 4 | MISS | Langley 43 yard field goal | MISS 20-7 | |
| 4 | MISS | Perry 3 yard run (Langley kick) | MISS 27-7 | |
