1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1977 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ken Cooper, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, the Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 2–5 in the SEC). In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 3–4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.

1977 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1977 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 7 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 6 Kentucky 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Auburn 5 –1 –06 –5 –0
LSU 4 –2 –08 –4 –0
Florida 3 –3 –06 –4 –1
Georgia 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Mississippi State 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Ole Miss 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Tennessee 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll
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