2012 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 2012 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Hugh Freeze, who was in his first season with Ole Miss. The Rebels played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2012 Ole Miss Rebels football
BBVA Compass Bowl champion
BBVA Compass Bowl, W 38–17 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	0–6, 7 wins vacated (0–5 SEC, 3 wins vacated)
Head coach	Hugh Freeze (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinators	Matt Luke (1st season) Dan Werner (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinators	Dave Wommack (1st season) Wesley McGriff (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. T–5 Georgia xy		7	–	1					12	–	2
No. 9 Florida x%		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 8 South Carolina		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 23 Vanderbilt		5	–	3					9	–	4
Missouri		2	–	6					5	–	7
Tennessee		1	–	7					5	–	7
Kentucky		0	–	8					2	–	10
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#		7	–	1					13	–	1
No. 14 LSU *		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. T–5 Texas A&M		6	–	2					11	–	2
Mississippi State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Ole Miss *		3	–	5					7	–	6
Arkansas		2	–	6					4	–	8
Auburn		0	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * Ole Miss and LSU vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

On February 11, 2019, Ole Miss announced the vacation of all wins in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016. In 2013, all wins except the Music City Bowl were vacated. In 2014, all wins except the Presbyterian game were vacated.^[1]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Ole Miss	Alma mater (Year)
Hugh Freeze	Head Coach	1st	Southern Miss (1992)
Matt Luke	Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line	1st	Ole Miss (2000)
Dan Werner	Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	1st	Western Michigan (1983)
Wesley McGriff	Co-defensive coordinator/cornerbacks	1st	Savannah State (1990)
Dave Wommack	Defensive coordinator/safeties	1st	Missouri Southern State (1978)
Tom Allen	Special teams coordinator/linebackers	1st	Maranatha Baptist (1992)
Chris Kiffin	Defensive line/recruiting coordinator For Defense	1st	Colorado State (2005)
Maurice Harris	Tight ends/recruiting coordinator For Offense	1st	Arkansas State (1998)
Grant Heard	Wide receivers	1st	Ole Miss (2001)
Derrick Nix	Running backs	5th	Southern Miss (2002)
Paul Jackson	Head Strength & Conditioning Coach	1st	Montclair State (2006)
Tray Scott	Graduate assistant	1st	Arkansas Tech (2008)

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	No. 24 (FCS) Central Arkansas*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	CSS PPV	W 49–27 (vacated)	50,544
September 8	6:00 pm	UTEP*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	SECRN	W 28–10 (vacated)	53,133
September 15	8:15 pm	No. 14 Texas*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	ESPN	L 31–66	61,797
September 22	11:00 am	at Tulane*	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	FSN	W 39–0 (vacated)	28,913
September 29	8:15 pm	at No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 14–33	101,821
October 6	6:00 pm	Texas A&M	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	ESPNU	L 27–30	55,343
October 13	11:21 am	Auburn	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	SECN	W 41–20 (vacated)	57,068
October 27	11:21 am	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	SECN	W 30–27 (vacated)	55,378
November 3	2:30 pm	at No. 7 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	CBS	L 10–37	92,746
November 10	6:00 pm	Vanderbilt	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 26–27	60,572
November 17	2:30 pm	at No. 8 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	CBS	L 35–41	92,872
November 24	6:00 pm	No. 25 Mississippi State	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPNU	W 41–24 (vacated)	61,005
January 5	1:00 pm	vs. Pittsburgh*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (BBVA Compass Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–17 (vacated)	59,135
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Central Arkansas

See also: 2012 Central Arkansas Bears football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 (FCS) Central Arkansas	7	13	0	7	27
• Ole Miss	14	0	14	21	49

• Location: Oxford, Mississippi
• Game start: 6:06 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:12
• Game attendance: 50,544
• Game weather: 88 °F (31 °C), Fair, winds SW at 14 mph
• Referee: Matt Loeffler
• TV announcers (CSS): Richard Cross and Brett Norsworthy

• Sources:^[2]

UTEP

See also: 2012 UTEP Miners football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	0	0	10	0	10
• Ole Miss	7	14	0	7	28

• Location: Oxford, Mississippi
• Game start: 6:06 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:09
• Game attendance: 53,133
• Game weather: 75, Fair
• Referee: Marc Curles
• Television network: FSN

• Sources:

Texas

See also: 2012 Texas Longhorns football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #14 Texas	10	21	21	14	66
Ole Miss	0	10	14	7	31

• Location: Oxford, Mississippi
• Game start: 8:26 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:24
• Game attendance: 61,797
• Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Fair, winds ENE 7 mph
• Referee: Randy Christal
• TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Matt Millen (color), Shannon Spake (sideline)

• Sources:

Scoring summary

1	9:41	TEX	Steve Edmond 22-yard interception return (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 7–0
1	3:01	TEX	Nick Jordan 31-yard field goal	TEX 10–0
2	14:54	MISS	Randall Mackey 3-yard run (Bryson Rose kick)	TEX 10–7
2	13:35	TEX	Marquise Goodwin 69-yard run (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 17–7
2	8:50	MISS	Bryson Rose 39-yard field goal	TEX 17–10
2	6:34	TEX	D.J. Grant 3-yard pass from David Ash (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 24–10
2	0:12	TEX	Ryan Roberson 1-yard pass from David Ash (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 31–10
3	11:40	TEX	D.J. Monroe 10-yard run (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 38–10
3	10:39	MISS	Dante Moncrief 75-yard pass from Bo Wallace (Bryson Rose kick)	TEX 38–17
3	6:51	TEX	Malcolm Brown 5-yard run (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 45–17
3	4:41	MISS	Jeff Scott 48-yard run (Bryson Rose kick)	TEX 45–24
3	2:30	TEX	Mike Davis 46-yard pass from David Ash (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 52–24
4	14:23	TEX	Malcolm Brown 12-yard run (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 59–24
4	14:05	MISS	Jaylen Walton 100-yard kickoff return (Bryson Rose kick)	TEX 59–31
4	11:27	TEX	Marquise Goodwin 55-yard pass from David Ash (Nick Jordan kick)	TEX 66–31

Tulane

See also: 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ole Miss	26	0	10	3	39
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Game start: 11:00 a.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:13
• Game attendance: 28,913
• Game weather: Indoors
• Referee: Steve LaMantia
• Television network: FSN

• Sources: ESPN

Scoring summary

1	12:50	MISS	Jeff Scott 13-yard run (pass failed)	MISS 6-0
1	6:24	MISS	Ja-Mes Logan 14-yard run (run failed)	MISS 12-0
1	3:04	MISS	Randall Mackey 28-yard run (Bryson Rose kick)	MISS 19-0
1	1:24	MISS	Donte Moncrief 23-yard pass from Bo Wallace (Bryson Rose kick)	MISS 26-0
3	7:56	MISS	Jeff Scott 4-yard run (Bryson Rose kick)	MISS 33-0
3	4:50	MISS	Bryson Rose 40-yard field goal	MISS 36-0
4	5:09	MISS	Bryson Rose 47-yard field goal	MISS 39-0

Alabama

See also: 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	0	7	7	0	14
• #1 Alabama	6	21	0	6	33

• Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Game start: 8:26 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:15
• Game attendance: 101,821
• Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Overcast, Winds NNW at 3 mph (4.8 km/h)
• Referee: Penn Wagers
• TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Matt Millen (color), Shannon Spake (sideline)

• Sources:

Scoring summary

1	7:17	Alabama	Jeremy Shelley 38-yard field goal	Alabama 3–0
1	3:03	Alabama	Jeremy Shelley 38-yard field goal	Alabama 6–0
2	13:40	Ole Miss	Jeff Scott one-yard run (Bryson Rose kick)	Ole Miss 7–6
2	13:25	Alabama	Christion Jones 99-yard kickoff return (Jeremy Shelley kick)	Alabama 13–7
2	10:30	Alabama	Amari Cooper 16-yard pass from A. J. McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick)	Alabama 20–7
2	1:37	Alabama	Amari Cooper 12-yard pass from A. J. McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick)	Alabama 27–7
3	6:35	Ole Miss	Randall Mackey 12-yard run (Bryson Rose kick)	Alabama 27–14
4	12:19	Alabama	Jeremy Shelley 26-yard field goal	Alabama 30–14
4	1:41	Alabama	Jeremy Shelley 24-yard field goal	Alabama 33–14

Texas A&M

See also: 2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas A&M	7	10	0	13	30
Ole Miss	10	7	3	7	27

• Location: Oxford, Mississippi
• Game start: 6:00 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:25
• Game attendance: 55,343
• Game weather: 50 degrees, Cloudy, winds N at 7 mph
• Referee: Marc Curles
• TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color), Angelina Mallen (sideline)

• Sources:^[3]

Scoring summary

1	14:11	Texas A&M	Ben Malena 59 Yard Run (Taylor Bertolet Kick)	Texas A&M 7–0
1	8:32	Ole Miss	Jeff Scott 1 Yard Run (Bryson Rose Kick)	Tied 7–7
1	6:07	Ole Miss	Bryson Rose 46 Yard Field Goal	Ole Miss 10–7
2	10:09	Texas A&M	Taylor Bertolet 19 Yard Field Goal	Tied 10–10
2	3:39	Ole Miss	Bo Wallace 14 Yard Run (Bryson Rose Kick)	Ole Miss 17–10
2	0:42	Texas A&M	Steven Jenkins 37 Yard Interception Return (Taylor Bertolet Kick)	Tied 17–17
3	7:36	Ole Miss	Bryson Rose 28 Yard Field Goal	Ole Miss 20–17
4	14:56	Ole Miss	Donte Moncrief 4 Yard Pass From Bo Wallace (Bryson Rose Kick)	Ole Miss 27–17
4	6:24	Texas A&M	Johnny Manziel 29 Yard Run (PAT Failed)	Ole Miss 27–23
4	1:46	Texas A&M	Ryan Swope 20 Yard Pass From Johnny Manziel (Taylor Bertolet Kick)	Texas A&M 30–27

Auburn

See also: 2012 Auburn Tigers football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	0	17	3	0	20
• Ole Miss	14	3	7	17	41

• Location: Oxford, Mississippi
• Game start: 11:21 a.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:23
• Game attendance: 57,068
• Game weather: 72, Fair, Wind S 3 mph
• Referee: Ken Williamson
• TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)

• Sources:

Arkansas

See also: 2012 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ole Miss	0	21	3	6	30
Arkansas	10	7	0	10	27

• Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
• Game start: 11:21 a.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:41
• Game attendance: 55,378
• Game weather: 49, Sunny
• Referee: Penn Wagers
• TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Cara Capuano (sideline)

• Sources:

Georgia

See also: 2012 Georgia Bulldogs football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	3	7	0	0	10
• #7 Georgia	0	14	16	7	37

• Location: Athens, Georgia
• Game start: 3:39 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:19
• Game attendance: 92,746
• Game weather: 78, Sunny
• Referee: Ken Williamson
• TV announcers (CBS): Tim Brando (play-by-play), Steve Beuerlein (color)

• Sources:

Vanderbilt

See also: 2012 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Vanderbilt	3	3	14	7	27
Ole Miss	7	9	7	3	26

• Location: Oxford, Mississippi
• Game start: 6:06 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:46
• Game attendance: 60,572
• Game weather: 72, Fair
• Referee: Marc Curles
• TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color), Jessica Mendoza (sideline)

• Sources:

LSU

See also: 2012 LSU Tigers football team

Magnolia Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	14	7	7	7	35
• #8 LSU	7	10	3	21	41

• Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Game start: 2:39 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:46
• Game attendance: 92,872
• Game weather: 69, Sunny
• Referee: Matt Moore
• TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline)

• Sources:

Mississippi State

See also: 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

Egg Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Miss State	14	3	0	7	24
• Ole Miss	7	10	17	7	41

• Location: Oxford, Mississippi
• Game start: 6:06 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:20
• Game attendance: 61,005
• Game weather: 39, Fair
• Referee: Tom Ritter
• TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (color), Jessica Mendoza (sideline)

• Sources:

Pittsburgh

See also: 2012 Pittsburgh Panthers football team and 2013 BBVA Compass Bowl

BBVA Compass Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	0	10	0	7	17
• Ole Miss	14	10	7	7	38

• Location: Birmingham, Alabama
• Game start: 12:05 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:23
• Game attendance: 59,135
• Referee: Reggie Smith
• Television network: ESPN

• Sources: