American college football season
The 1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season .[ 1] The Rebels were led by first-year head coach Ken Cooper and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson . The team competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference , finishing in last. The Rebels opened the season with an upset of Missouri,[ 2] but the rest of the season went very poorly, as the team went winless in conference play and finished with a record of 3–8, the school's first losing season since 1949 .
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 14 No. 18 Missouri * W 10–038,500 [ 3]
September 21 at Memphis State * L 7–1550,164 [ 4]
September 28 Southern Miss * W 20–1429,000 [ 5]
October 5 No. 3 Alabama Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry ) L 21–3545,500 [ 6] [ 7]
October 12 at Georgia L 0–4948,500 [ 8]
October 19 South Carolina * Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS L 7–1032,800 [ 9]
October 26 at Vanderbilt L 14–2430,875 [ 10]
November 2 at LSU L 0–2466,728 [ 11]
November 16 vs. Tennessee Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry ) L 17–2950,515 [ 12]
November 23 vs. Mississippi State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl ) L 13–3146,500 [ 13]
November 30[ A 1] at Tulane * W 26–1021,628 [ 14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
^ The game against Tulane was originally scheduled for September 7, but was postponed to the end of the season due to the threat of Hurricane Carmen along the Louisiana coast.
^ "1974 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results" .
^ "FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Missouri 1974 - Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site - Football" . Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
^ "Ole Miss stuns Missouri, 10–0" . Hattiesburg American . September 15, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tigers make it two in row over Rebs" . The Commercial Appeal . September 22, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ole Miss storms back to trim Southern 20–14" . The Clarion-Ledger . September 29, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ McKenzie, Mike (September 22, 1974). "52 to zero: What more can anybody say?" . The Tuscaloosa News . p. 1B. Retrieved July 5, 2014 – via Google News Archives.
^ "Alabama rolls to 52–0 win" . Spartanburg Herald-Journal . Associated Press. September 22, 1974. p. B2. Retrieved July 5, 2014 – via Google News Archives.
^ "Georgia crushes Mississippi 49–0" . Tallahassee Democrat . October 13, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "USC wins first" . Anderson Independent/Daily Mail . October 20, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vandy decks Rebels 24–14" . Alexandria Daily Town Talk . October 27, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "LSU routs Rebels for Mac's 100th" . The Daily Advertiser . November 3, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Vols keep bowl hopes alive, topple Rebels" . Kingsport Times-News . November 17, 1974. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mississippi State rallies to down Ole Miss" . The Commercial Appeal . November 24, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ole Miss Rebs calm Tulane Green Wave" . Clarion-Ledger . December 1, 1974. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
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