1998 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1998 Ole Miss Rebels football
1998 Ole Miss Rebels football
Independence Bowl champion
Independence Bowl, W 35–18 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Record	7–5 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (4th season; regular season); David Cutcliffe (bowl game);
Offensive coordinator	Noel Mazzone (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Art Kaufman (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Ole Miss Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mississippi as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final year under head coach Tommy Tuberville, the team compiled a 7–5 record, with a conference record of 3–5, and finished fourth in the Western Division.^[1]

Western Division

Record7–5 (3–5 SEC)

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1998 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 1 Tennessee x$#	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 5 Florida %	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 14 Georgia	6	–	2	9	–	3
Kentucky	4	–	4	7	–	5
Vanderbilt	1	–	7	2	–	9
South Carolina	0	–	8	1	–	10
Western Division
Mississippi State xy	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 16 Arkansas x	6	–	2	9	–	3
Alabama	4	–	4	7	–	5
Ole Miss	3	–	5	7	–	5
LSU	2	–	6	4	–	7
Auburn	1	–	7	3	–	8
Championship: Tennessee 24, Mississippi State 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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Tuberville departed for SEC West rival Auburn following the season. David Cutcliffe, who coached the bowl game, led the Rebels from the 1999 season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	11:30 am	Memphis*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	JPS	W 30–10	46,191	^[2]
September 12	2:30 pm	Auburn	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	FSN	L 0–17	48,371	^[3]
September 19	11:30 am	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	W 30–6	31,482	^[4]
September 26	2:00 pm	at SMU*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		W 48–41 ^OT	22,281	^[5]
October 3	1:00 pm	South Carolina	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 30–28	42,884	^[6]
October 10	2:00 pm	at Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	PPV	L 17–20 ^OT	83,818	^[7]
October 24	1:00 pm	Arkansas State*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 30–17	38,116	^[8]
October 31	1:00 pm	LSU	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		W 37–31 ^OT	50,577	^[9]
November 7	11:30 am	at No. 11 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AZ (rivalry)	JPS	L 0–34	49,115	^[10]
November 21	12:00 pm	at No. 14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 17–24	85,445	^[11]
November 26	7:00 pm	No. 25 Mississippi State	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPN	L 6–28	50,412	^[12]
December 31	7:30 pm	vs. Texas Tech*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	W 35–18	46,862	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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