1968 Ole Miss Rebels football team


























1968 Ole Miss Rebels football
Liberty Bowl champion

Liberty Bowl, W 34–17 vs. VPI
Conference Southeastern Conference
1968 record 7–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Johnny Vaught (22nd season)
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium

Seasons


← 1967


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1968 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 8 Georgia $
5
0
1     8
1
2
No. 13 Tennessee
4
1
1     8
2
1
No. 17 Alabama
4
2
0     8
3
0

LSU
4
2
0     8
3
0
No. 16 Auburn
4
2
0     7
4
0

Florida
3
2
1     6
3
1

Ole Miss
3
2
1     7
3
1

Vanderbilt
2
3
1     5
4
1

Mississippi State
0
4
2     0
8
2

Kentucky
0
7
0     3
7
0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1968 college football season. The Rebels were led by 22nd-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 tied for sixth. After finishing the regular season with a record of 6–3–1, they were invited to the 1968 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated VPI (Virginia Tech).



Schedule




































































































Date
Opponent#

Rank#
Site
Result
Attendance
September 20
at Memphis State*


Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee

W 21–7  
51,046
September 27

Kentucky


Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi

W 30–14  
40,102
October 4
No. 11 Alabama

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi

W 10–8  
47,152
October 11
at No. 17 Georgia
No. 13

Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

L 7–21  
56,111
October 18

Southern Miss*
No. 16

Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi

W 21–13  
28,000
October 25

Houston*
No. 17
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi

L 7–29  
32,157
November 1
at No. 14 LSU


Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana

W 27–24  
69,337
November 8

Tennessee-Chattanooga*

Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi

W 38–16  
 
November 15
at No. 11 Tennessee


Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee

L 0–31  
62,786
November 29

Mississippi State

Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)

T 17–17  
27,000
December 13
vs. VPI*

Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee (Liberty Bowl)

W 34–17  
46,206

*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Roster


  • QB Archie Manning, So.


References





  1. ^ CFRC – Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved 2015-Jun-13.
















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