1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1970 Ole Miss Rebels football
1970 Ole Miss Rebels football
Gator Bowl, L 28–35 vs. Auburn
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	7–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught (24th season);
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium; Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season and in the 1971 Gator Bowl against Auburn where Ole Miss lost 35–28. Archie Manning was the quarterback for Ole Miss.^[1] This also marked the last season of coach Johnny Vaught's first tenure as the Ole Miss coach.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	7:30 p.m.	at Memphis State*	No. 5	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		W 47–13	50,164	^[2]
September 26		Kentucky	No. 5	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 20–17	46,200	^[3]
October 3		No. 17 Alabama	No. 7	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	ABC	W 48–23	46,821	^[4]
October 10		at Georgia	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 31–21	59,310	^[5]
October 17		Southern Miss*	No. 4	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 14–30	27,200	^[6]
October 24		at Vanderbilt	No. 13	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 26–16	34,000	^[7]
November 7		No. 18 Houston*	No. 13	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 24–13	36,535	^[8]
November 14		Chattanooga*	No. 12	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 44–7	15,137	^[9]
November 26		Mississippi State	No. 10	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 14–19	35,000	^[10]
December 5		at No. 8 LSU	No. 16	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–61	67,590	^[11]
January 2, 1971		No. 10 Auburn*		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl, rivalry)	NBC	L 28–35	71,136	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	7	0	7	14
Ole Miss	14	0	3	7	24

Schedule

1970 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 LSU $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll