1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1969 Ole Miss Rebels football
1969 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 27–22 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 8
Record	8–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (23rd season);
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium; Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Tennessee $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 10 LSU	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Florida	3	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.^[1] The Rebels were led by 23rd-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in fifth. Ole Miss ended the year with five straight victories, including three over top ten-ranked opponents. In their 13th straight bowl appearance, Ole Miss defeated then-No. 3 Arkansas in the 1970 Sugar Bowl. They were ranked 8th in the final AP Poll, conducted after bowl season, and 13th in the Coaches Poll, which was conducted before bowl season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Memphis State*	No. 9	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 28–3	34,876	^[2]
September 27	at Kentucky	No. 8	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 9–10	37,500	^[3]
October 4	at No. 15 Alabama	No. 20	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 32–33	62,858	^[4]
October 11	No. 6 Georgia		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 25–17	42,581	^[5]
October 18	Southern Miss*	No. 19	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 69–7	25,283	^[6]
October 25	at Houston*	No. 17	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	L 11–25	48,049	^[7]
November 1	No. 8 LSU		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	W 26–23	46,332	^[8]
November 8	Chattanooga*	No. 17	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 21–0	15,200	^[9]
November 15	No. 3 Tennessee	No. 18	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	W 38–0	47,220	^[10]
November 27	at Mississippi State	No. 14	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 48–22	34,000	^[11]
January 1	vs. No. 3 Arkansas*	No. 13	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl, rivalry)	W 27–22	82,500	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game