1947 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1947 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Delta Bowl champion
Delta Bowl, W 13–9 vs. TCU
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record8–1 (9–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainCharlie Conerly
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Ole Miss $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Alabama 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 2 – 3 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Ole Miss Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Johnny Vaught, the team compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against SEC opponents), won the SEC championship, was ranked No. 13 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 110. The team was invited to the 1948 Delta Bowl where it defeated TCU, 13–9.[1]

Ole Miss featured two All-Americans on its 1947 roster: quarterback and team captain Charlie Conerly and end Barney Poole. Conerly was a consensus first-team All-American,[2] who also finished fourth in the 1947 voting for the Heisman Trophy.[3] Poole received first-team honors from the United Press, American Football Coaches Association, Sporting News, Central Press Association, and Walter Camp Football Foundation.[4][5][6][7][8]

In addition to Conerly and Poole, two other Ole Miss players received honors on the 1947 All-SEC football team. Tackle Dub Garrett received first-team honors from the AP and UP, and tackle Bill Erickson received second-team honors from the AP.[9][10]

The team played its home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.

  1. ^ "1947 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "1947 Heisman Trophy Voting". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "Offensive Brilliance Pays Off On UP All-American: Midwestern Zone Leads With Four Players on Team". Journal. Western Nevada. November 27, 1947.
  5. ^ Al Warren (December 17, 1947). "Patrolling the Sport Highway with Al Warren". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah.
  6. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1208. ISBN 1401337031.
  7. ^ Walter L. Johns (December 1, 1947). "Midwest Gains Edge On CP All-American: Nation's Grid Captains Help Select Honor Eleven". The Era. Bradford, PA.
  8. ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
  9. ^ "Tech, Ole Miss, State Also Get 2 Berths Each". The Anniston Star. November 26, 1947. p. 10. Retrieved May 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.(AP)
  10. ^ "Three Alabama Players Given Stellar Ratings". The Courier News. November 26, 1947. p. 35. Retrieved June 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.(UP)