1973 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1973 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1973 record	6–5 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach	Billy Kinard (1–2) Johnny Vaught (5–3)
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

1973 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#13 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
#19 Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Florida	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Auburn	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	2
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Billy Kinard, in his third year, for the first three games and then by Johnny Vaught, in his 25th year, for their last eight games.^[1] The Rebels played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 4–3 SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 8	Villanova*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	W 24–6
September 15	at Missouri*	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	L 0–17
September 22	Memphis State*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	L 13–17
September 29	Southern Miss*	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 41–0
October 6	at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 7–14
October 13	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 0–20
October 20	at Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	W 13–10
October 27	Vanderbilt	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	W 24–14
November 3	No. 7 LSU	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	L 14–51
November 17	No. 16 Tennessee	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS	W 28–18
November 24	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 38–10
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

↑ Saggus, James (September 26, 1973). "Tough job ahead, Vaught says". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
↑ "1973 Mississippi Rebels Schedule and Results". SR Football Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2012.

Ole Miss Rebels football

Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–96)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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