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1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
Ole Miss Rebels logo.svg
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–7 vs. Texas
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 8
AP No. 7
1957 record 9–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach Johnny Vaught (11th year)
Captain Jackie Simpson
Gene Hickerson
Home stadium Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 34,500)
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Auburn $ 7 0 0     10 0 0
#7 Ole Miss 5 0 1     9 1 1
#14 Mississippi State 4 2 1     6 2 1
#17 Florida 4 2 1     6 2 1
#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. 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 (4–0–1 SEC), and were ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated Texas, 39–7.


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