1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1969 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The Rebels were led by 23rd-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 fifth. Ole Miss ended the year with five straight victories, including three over top ten-ranked opponents. In their 13th straight bowl appearance, Ole Miss defeated then-No. 3 Arkansas in the 1970 Sugar Bowl. They were ranked 8th in the final AP Poll, conducted after bowl season, and 13th in the Coaches Poll, which was conducted before bowl season.

1969 Ole Miss Rebels football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 27–22 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 8
Record8–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Tennessee $ 5 1 09 2 0
No. 10 LSU 4 1 09 1 0
No. 20 Auburn 5 2 08 3 0
No. 14 Florida 3 1 19 1 1
No. 8 Ole Miss 4 2 08 3 0
Georgia 2 3 15 5 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 04 6 0
Alabama 2 4 06 5 0
Kentucky 1 6 02 8 0
Mississippi State 0 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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