1906 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1906 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Games with Tennessee on October 27 and with Arkansas on November 17 were canceled. This the first season of the legal forward pass. James C. Elmer of Ole Miss caught the first forward pass in the history of the Egg Bowl rivalry. Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29–5 rout. For the first time the game marked the end of the season for not one but both teams.

1906 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–2 (3–2 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainCleveland P. Huggins
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 4 0 08 1 0
Clemson + 4 0 04 0 3
Sewanee 5 1 08 1 0
Alabama 3 1 05 1 0
Ole Miss 3 2 04 2 0
Georgia Tech 3 3 06 3 1
Georgia 2 2 12 4 1
LSU 0 1 12 2 2
Mississippi A&M 0 2 12 2 1
Tennessee 0 3 11 6 2
Mercer 0 2 01 4 0
Tulane 0 2 00 4 1
Auburn 0 5 01 5 1
Cumberland (TN)       
Nashville       
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4Maryville (TN)*Oxford, MSW 16–6
October 13at VanderbiltL 0–29
October 20at LSUBaton Rouge, LA (rivalry)W 9–0
November 3at TulaneW 17–0[1]
November 12vs. SewaneeMemphis, TNL 0–24
November 29vs. Mississippi A&MJackson, MS (rivalry)W 29–5
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Tulane team defeated by Mississippi eleven". The Times-Democrat. November 4, 1906. Retrieved March 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1906 Ole Miss Football Schedule


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