1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1978 record	5–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	John Cropp
Defensive coordinator	George MacIntyre (1st year)
Captain	Bobby Garner
Captain	Lawrence Johnson
Captain	Curtis Weathers
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#16 Georgia	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mississippi State	0	0	7	0	7
• Ole Miss	0	17	0	10	27

Scoring summary

2	MISS	Langley 24 yard field goal	MISS 3-0

2	MISS	Perry 6 yard run (Langley kick)	MISS 10-0

2	MISS	Kimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick)	MISS 17-0

3	MSU	McDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick)	MISS 17-7

4	MISS	Langley 43 yard field goal	MISS 20-7

4	MISS	Perry 3 yard run (Langley kick)	MISS 27-7

Scoring summary

2	MISS	Langley 24 yard field goal	MISS 3-0

2	MISS	Perry 6 yard run (Langley kick)	MISS 10-0

2	MISS	Kimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick)	MISS 17-0

3	MSU	McDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick)	MISS 17-7

4	MISS	Langley 43 yard field goal	MISS 20-7

4	MISS	Perry 3 yard run (Langley kick)	MISS 27-7

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–5 SEC).