1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Conference

1977 record

5–6 (2–5 SEC)

Head coach

Home stadium

Seasons

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1977 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Alabama $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#6 Kentucky	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	7	0	6	13
• Ole Miss	3	7	0	10	20

Scoring summary

1	Ole Miss	Carl Langley 29 yard field goal	Ole Miss 3-0

2	Notre Dame	Jerome Heavens 2 yard run (Dave Reeve kick)	Notre Dame 7-3

2	Ole Miss	James Storey 10 yard pass from Bobby Garner (Carl Langley kick)	Ole Miss 10-7

4	Notre Dame	Dave Reeve 44 yard field goal	Tie 10-10

4	Notre Dame	Dave Reeve 28 yard field goal	Notre Dame 13-10

4	Ole Miss	James Storey 10 yard pass from Tim Ellis (Carl Langley kick)	Ole Miss 17-13

4	Ole Miss	Carl Langley 27 yard field goal	Ole Miss 20-13

Scoring summary

1	Ole Miss	Carl Langley 29 yard field goal	Ole Miss 3-0

2	Notre Dame	Jerome Heavens 2 yard run (Dave Reeve kick)	Notre Dame 7-3

2	Ole Miss	James Storey 10 yard pass from Bobby Garner (Carl Langley kick)	Ole Miss 10-7

4	Notre Dame	Dave Reeve 44 yard field goal	Tie 10-10

4	Notre Dame	Dave Reeve 28 yard field goal	Notre Dame 13-10

4	Ole Miss	James Storey 10 yard pass from Tim Ellis (Carl Langley kick)	Ole Miss 17-13

4	Ole Miss	Carl Langley 27 yard field goal	Ole Miss 20-13

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford and the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.

Note: Mississippi State later forfeited its win over Ole Miss due to NCAA infractions.

Ole Miss gave Notre Dame its only loss of the season.