1967 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1967 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.[1] The Rebels were led by 21st-year head coach Johnny Vaught and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in fourth. Ole Miss finished the regular season with a record of 6–3–1 and were invited to their 11th consecutive bowl game, the 1966 Sun Bowl, where they lost to UTEP.

1967 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sun Bowl, L 7–14 vs. UTEP
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4–1 (4–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1967 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 –0 –09 –2 –0
No. 8 Alabama 5 –1 –08 –2 –1
Florida 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Ole Miss 4 –2 –16 –4 –1
Georgia 3 –2 –07 –4 –0
LSU 3 –2 –17 –3 –1
Auburn 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Kentucky 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –5 –02 –7 –1
Mississippi State 0 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Memphis State*
L 17–2750,414[2]
September 30at Kentucky
W 26–1333,000[3]
October 7at No. 9 Alabama
ABCL 7–2169,281[4]
October 14No. 3 Georgia
W 29–2038,900[5]
October 21Southern Miss*
W 23–1425,500[6]
October 28No. 9 Houston*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 14–1326,500[7]
November 4LSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
T 13–1345,000[8]
November 18vs. No. 2 Tennessee
  • Memphis Memorial Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
L 7–2050,881[9]
November 25at Vanderbilt
W 28–712,000[10]
December 2at Mississippi State
W 10–321,000[11]
December 30vs. UTEP*
L 7–1434,685[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
  • DB #35 Tommy Luke

References
  1. "1967 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  2. "Memphis State makes breaks, stuns Ole Miss". The Courier-Journal. September 24, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Ole Miss rips Kentucky". The Orlando Sentinel. October 1, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Crimson Tide topples Ole Miss, 21–7". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 8, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bown leads Ole Miss over Georgia, 29–20". Fort Lauderdale News & Sun-Sentinel. October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Keyes boosts Rebels over Southern, 23–14". The Clarion-Ledger. October 22, 1967. Retrieved March 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Ole Miss upsets Cougars, 14–13". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 29, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Ole Miss, Tigs tie". The Clarion-Ledger. November 5, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Vols stomp Ole Miss 20–7". The Tennessean. November 19, 1967. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Hindman leads Rebs past Vanderbilt". The Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 26, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Rebs splash through mud to 10–3 win". The Commercial Appeal. December 3, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Miners find place in Sun". Abilene Reporter-News. December 31, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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