1958 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1958 Ole Miss Rebels football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 7–3 vs. Florida
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 11
Record9–2 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainMilton Crain
Kent Lovelace[1]
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 0 0 11 0 0
No. 4 Auburn 6 0 1 9 0 1
No. 11 Ole Miss 3 2 0 9 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 3 5 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 0 4 6 0
Alabama 3 4 1 5 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 1 5 4 1
No. 14 Florida 2 3 1 6 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 1 5 4 1
Georgia 2 4 0 4 6 0
Tulane 1 5 0 3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1958 college football season.[2] The Rebels were led by 12th-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second with a regular season record of 8–2 (3–2 SEC), and were ranked 11th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1958 Gator Bowl, where they defeated fellow SEC member Florida, 7–3.

  1. ^ 2016 Ole Miss Media Guide[permanent dead link] p. 180
  2. ^ "1958 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.