1954 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1954 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 0–21 vs. Navy
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record9–2 (5–0 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJimmy Patton, Allen "Red" Muirhead
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Ole Miss $ 5 0 0 9 2 0
Georgia Tech 6 2 0 8 3 0
Florida 5 2 0 5 5 0
Kentucky 5 2 0 7 3 0
Georgia 3 2 1 6 3 1
No. 13 Auburn 3 3 0 8 3 0
Mississippi State 3 3 0 6 4 0
Alabama 3 3 2 4 5 2
LSU 2 5 0 5 6 0
Tulane 1 6 1 1 6 3
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 2 7 0
Tennessee 1 5 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1954 college football season.[1] The Rebels were led by eighth-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Crump Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. Ole Miss was champion of the Southeastern Conference, finishing the regular season with a record of 9–1 (5–0 SEC), and ranked 6th in both major polls. They were invited to the 1955 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Navy.

  1. ^ "1954 Ole Miss Football Schedule". August 18, 2014.