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The 1996 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the West Division. Coached by Tommy Tuberville, the Rebels played most of their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, their final "home game" versus Tennessee at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, and their final game ever at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.

DivisionWestern Division
Record5–6 (2–6 SEC)
Headcoach
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1996 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record5–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNoel Mazzone (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorArt Kaufman (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumVaught–Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Seasons
 1995
1997 
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1996 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$ 80  121 
No. 9 Tennessee 71  102 
South Carolina 44  65 
Kentucky 35  47 
Georgia 35  56 
Vanderbilt 08  29 
Western Division
No. 11 Alabama xy 62  103 
No. 12 LSU x 62  102 
No. 24 Auburn 44  84 
Mississippi State 35  56 
Ole Miss 26  56 
Arkansas 26  47 
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1996 Rebels served the second of a two-year postseason bowl ban, part of the sanctions handed down by the NCAA in November 1994. Ole Miss was allowed to appear on television after a ban on Ole Miss appearing on television was bestowed by the NCAA in 1995.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 p.m.No. 17 (I-AA) Idaho State*W 38–1428,140[1]
September 77:00 p.m.VMI*W 31–728,196[2]
September 1411:30 a.m.No. 15 Auburn
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
ESPN2L 28–4540,458[3]
September 216:00 p.m.at VanderbiltW 20–940,820[4]
October 36:30 p.m.vs. No. 8 TennesseeESPNL 3–4162,640[5]
October 195:00 p.m.at No. 7 AlabamaESPN2L 0–3770,123[6]
October 266:00 p.m.Arkansas State*dagger
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 38–2128,176[7]
November 91:00 p.m.at ArkansasL 7–1342,356[8]
November 162:00 p.m.No. 17 LSU
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
L 7–3944,436[9]
November 2311:30 a.m.at GeorgiaJPSW 31–2776,511[10]
November 3011:30 a.m.Mississippi State
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)
ESPN2L 0–1723,678[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
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