1957 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1957 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 39–7 vs. Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 7
Record9–1–1 (5–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJackie Simpson
Gene Hickerson[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 0 1 9 1 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 2 1 6 2 1
No. 17 Florida 4 2 1 6 2 1
No. 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.[2] 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 (5–0–1 SEC), and were ranked 7th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Sugar Bowl, where they defeated Texas, 39–7.

  1. ^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide[permanent dead link] p. 180
  2. ^ "1957 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.

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