1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–7 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 7
Record	9–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (11th season);
Captain	Jackie Simpson ; Gene Hickerson
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium
	Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Auburn $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Ole Miss	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Mississippi State	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Florida	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
LSU	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Georgia	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Alabama	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1957 college football season.^[2] The Rebels were led by 11th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and alternate site home games in Jackson, Mississippi). They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second with a regular season record of 8–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC), and were ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated Texas, 39–7.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Trinity (TX)*		Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX	W 44–0	11,527	^[3]
September 28	at Kentucky	No. 19	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 15–0		^[4]
October 5	Hardin–Simmons*	No. 15	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 34–7	12,000	^[5]
October 12	at Vanderbilt	No. 14	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 28–0	24,000	^[6]
October 18	at Tulane	No. 11	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 50–0	30,000	^[7]
October 26	vs. Arkansas*	No. 6	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 6–12	30,601	^[8]
November 2	Houston*	No. 14	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 20–7	27,000	^[9]
November 9	LSU	No. 14	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 14–12	30,000	^[10]
November 16	vs. No. 7 Tennessee	No. 8	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 14–7	31,000	^[11]
November 30	at No. 13 Mississippi State	No. 7	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	T 7–7	35,000	^[12]
January 1	vs. Texas*	No. 7	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 39–7	82,000	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game