1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1955 Ole Miss Rebels football
SEC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 14–13 vs. TCU
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 10
Record10–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainBuddy Alliston
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0 10 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 2 1 8 2 1
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4 1 1 9 1 1
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 3 0 8 3 0
Mississippi State 4 4 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 1 6 3 1
Tulane 3 3 1 5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1 3 5 2
Florida 3 5 0 4 6 0
Georgia 2 5 0 4 6 0
Alabama 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1955 college football season.[1] The Rebels were led by ninth-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (and one alternate site game in Jackson, Mississippi). Ole Miss was champion of the Southeastern Conference for the second consecutive season, finishing the regular season with a record of 9–1 (5–1 SEC), ranked 10th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic, where they defeated TCU, 14–13.

  1. ^ "1955 Ole Miss Football Schedule". August 18, 2014.