1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season.^[1] The Rebels were led by first-year head coach Ken Cooper and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in last. The Rebels opened the season with an upset of Missouri,^[2] but the rest of the season went very poorly, as the team went winless in conference play and finished with a record of 3–8, the school's first losing season since 1949.

1974 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–8 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	Ken Cooper (1st season)
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

1974 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
No. 17 Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Florida	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
No. 20 Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	2
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	2
LSU	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	No. 18 Missouri*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 10–0	38,500	[3]
September 21	at Memphis State*	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 7–15	50,164	[4]
September 28	Southern Miss*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 20–14	29,000	[5]
October 5	No. 3 Alabama	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	L 21–35	45,500	[6][7]
October 12	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–49	48,500	[8]
October 19	South Carolina*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 7–10	32,800	[9]
October 26	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 14–24	30,875	[10]
November 2	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 0–24	66,728	[11]
November 16	vs. Tennessee	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 17–29	50,515	[12]
November 23	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 13–31	46,500	[13]
November 30[A 1]	at Tulane*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 26–10	21,628	[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Notes

1. The game against Tulane was originally scheduled for September 7, but was postponed to the end of the season due to the threat of Hurricane Carmen along the Louisiana coast.

References

1. "1974 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results".
2. "FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Missouri 1974 - Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
3. "Ole Miss stuns Missouri, 10–0". Hattiesburg American. September 15, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tigers make it two in row over Rebs". The Commercial Appeal. September 22, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Ole Miss storms back to trim Southern 20–14". The Clarion-Ledger. September 29, 1974. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. McKenzie, Mike (September 22, 1974). "52 to zero: What more can anybody say?". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1B. Retrieved July 5, 2014 – via Google News Archives.
7. "Alabama rolls to 52–0 win". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. September 22, 1974. p. B2. Retrieved July 5, 2014 – via Google News Archives.
8. "Georgia crushes Mississippi 49–0". Tallahassee Democrat. October 13, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "USC wins first". Anderson Independent/Daily Mail. October 20, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Vandy decks Rebels 24–14". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 27, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "LSU routs Rebels for Mac's 100th". The Daily Advertiser. November 3, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Vols keep bowl hopes alive, topple Rebels". Kingsport Times-News. November 17, 1974. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Mississippi State rallies to down Ole Miss". The Commercial Appeal. November 24, 1974. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Ole Miss Rebs calm Tulane Green Wave". Clarion-Ledger. December 1, 1974. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.