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American college football season
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
Hemingway Stadium in
Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).
Schedule
Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 9
Memphis State * W 14–747,535
[1]
September 23 at No. 17
Missouri * L 14–4560,287
[2]
September 30
Southern Miss * Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS W 16–1342,756
[3]
October 7 at
Georgia L 3–4258,800
[4]
October 14
Kentucky L 17–2438,290
[5]
October 21 at
South Carolina * L 17–1850,226
[6]
October 28 at
Vanderbilt W 35–1025,043
[7]
November 4 at No. 12
LSU
ABC L 8–3073,120
[8]
November 11
Tulane * Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (
rivalry ) W 13–328,500
[9]
November 18 at
Tennessee L 17–4183,210
[10]
November 25 vs.
Mississippi State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (
Egg Bowl ) W 27–747,012
[11]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
[12]
Roster
1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
John Fourcade
Fr
QB
Bobby Garner (C)
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries
Mississippi State
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
[13]
References
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"Rebels hang on to nip Tigers, 14–7" . Hattiesburg American . September 10, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Bradley guides Mizzou, 45–14" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Ole Miss surely beats Southern behind Langley's kicking, 16–13" . The Clarion-Ledger . October 1, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Georgia catches Rebs just right" . The Tampa Tribune-Times . October 8, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ David Crews (October 15, 1978).
"Kentucky booms Ole Miss 24–17" . The Greenwood Commonwealth . p. 8 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Gamecocks pluck win from Rebs" . The Commercial Appeal . October 22, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Perry and Price trigger Ole Miss bomb" . The Paducah Sun-Democrat . October 29, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"LSU Tigers romp Rebs behind 'Alex the Great' " . The Daily Advertiser . November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Rebels, Eagles take victories" . Enterprise-Journal . November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Vols romp" . The Leaf-Chronicle . November 19, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Fourcade, frosh QB leads Rebs past Maroons" . Alexandria Daily Town Talk . November 26, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
^
"Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.
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