Ole Miss Rebels football
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| First season | 1893 | ||
| Athletic director | Ross Bjork | ||
| Head coach |
Hugh Freeze 5th year, 39–25 (.609) |
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| Stadium | Vaught–Hemingway Stadium | ||
| Field | Jerry Hollingsworth Field | ||
| Year built | 1915 | ||
| Seating capacity | 64,038 Largest crowd: 66,138 (Sept. 17, 2016, vs. Alabama) |
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| Field surface | Natural grass | ||
| Location | Oxford, Mississippi | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | SEC | ||
| Division | Western | ||
| Past conferences |
Independent (1890–1898) Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1899–1920) Southern Conference (1921–1932) |
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| All-time record | 660–511–35 (.562) | ||
| Bowl record | 24–13 (.649) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 3 (1959, 1960, 1962) | ||
| Unclaimed nat'l titles | 1 (1955) | ||
| Conference titles | 6 (1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1963) | ||
| Division titles | 1 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 12 | ||
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| Colors | Navy Blue and Red |
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| Fight song | Forward Rebels | ||
| Mascot | Rebel | ||
| Marching band | Pride of the South | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Rivals |
Mississippi State Bulldogs LSU Tigers Memphis Tigers Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Vanderbilt Commodores |
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| Website | OleMissSports.com | ||
The Ole Miss Rebels football program represents the University of Mississippi, also known as "Ole Miss". The Rebels compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The football history of Ole Miss includes the formation of the first football team in the state and the 26th team on the list of college football's all-time winning programs. The Rebels posted their 600th win on September 27, 2008 when they defeated the Florida Gators 31–30.
Throughout the 115-year history of Ole Miss football, the Rebels have won six Southeastern Conference titles (1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, and 1963) and claim three national titles (1959, 1960, 1962). The team is currently coached by Hugh Freeze.
In 1890, Dr. A.L. Bondurant, later the dean of the Ole Miss Graduate School, rallied Ole Miss students to help form an athletic department to encompass the sports of football, baseball and tennis. The students brought this initiative to reality and in 1893, with Bondurant as the coach, a football team came to fruition. The first team won four of five games during that inaugural football season. One of those wins was the very first football game ever played by an Ole Miss team, a 56–0 defeat against Southwest Baptist University of Jackson, Tennessee (now known as Union University). This was on November 11, 1893.
The next year, 1894, Bondurant passed on his coaching duties. Ole Miss Football, a book published in 1980 by Sports Yearbook Company of Oxford, MS, says J.W.S. Rhea was the first coach at Ole Miss having been hired part-time by Bondurant and having led the 1894 team to a 6–1 record. The annual Ole Miss media guide lists C.D. Clark as the coach of the 1894 team and further says about him, "Although it has never been documented, it is thought that C.D. Clark of Tufts was the first paid football coach at Ole Miss. His name appears as manager of the team as shown in the Ole Miss Magazine dated November 1894." The College Football Data Warehouse also lists Clark as the coach for the 1894 team.
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