Ole Miss Rebels football
Ole Miss has won six Southeastern Conference titles and three national titles. The school’s football program was founded in 1893 as the state’s first football team, and it is now part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The current Rebel football team is coached by Lane K Griffin, who will take over as head coach for the 2020 season.
About Ole Miss Rebels football in brief
Ole Miss has won six Southeastern Conference titles and three national titles. The team’s current head coach is Lane Kiffin, who took over the role in 2019 after Matt Luke was fired following a 5–6 2019 season and an egg bowl loss to rival Mississippi state 20–21. The Ole Miss football team played its first season in 1893, and since then have fielded a team every year except for 1897 and 1943. In 1947, Johnny Vaught became head coach and led the team to its first conference championship. Vaught coached Ole Miss for 25 seasons, compiling a 190–61–12 record and winning six conference championships, three national championships, and ten bowl games. In all, Vaught led Ole Miss to 18 bowl game appearances, posting a 10–8–8 record in those contests. The Rebels’ 1962 season under Vaught is, to this day, the only undefeated and untied season in Ole Miss history. The 1960 unit is the only team to win a national championship that is recognized by the NCAA and the college football community at large. The 1947 season also saw Ole Miss great Charlie Conerly become the first Rebel player to be a contender for the Heisman Trophy, placing fourth in the voting for the prestigious honor. The modern era of OleMiss football began in 1947, when Harold Drew was ousted in favor of his line coach,Johnny Vaught. In his first season at the helm in 1946, the Rebels rebounded from a 2-7 season in 1946 to a 9–2 record and the first of six SEC titles.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Ole Miss posted an 80–21–5 record. The. 778 winning percentage was third only to Oklahoma and Miami during that decade. The 1959 squad, which was honored as the \”SEC Team of the Decade,\” was ranked the third best collegiate football team from 1956 to 1995, according to the Jeff Sagarin Ratings released in January 1996. Ole Miss was ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll for three weeks during the 1960 season and one week during the 1961 campaign. In the 1964 season, the team ended that season with a record of 10–0-1; the only blemish was a 6-6 tie against LSU. The Rebel football program has played in 15 postseason games rather than the norm for the Rebel program. In 24 seasons, OleMiss has produced 26 All-America first-teamers who also finished in the top five in five top five SEC conferences. The program has also produced four players who finished in top five of five top SEC conferences in five of the last six seasons. The current Rebel football team is coached by Lane K Griffin, who will take over as head coach for the 2020 season after MattLuke was fired after a 5-6 season and a 20-21 Egg Bowl loss to Mississippi state. The school’s football program was founded in 1893 as the state’s first football team, and it is now part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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