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The start of Ole Miss football
In 1890, Dr. A.L. Bondurant, a Latin professor and later dean of The University of Mississippi Graduate School, rallied "Ole Miss" students to help form an athletic department to encompass the sports of football, baseball and tennis. -
Very good year
The first great football team fielded by the University of Mississippi was the 1910 squad, which suffered only one close defeat in eight contests and didn’t allow a single point the rest of the season. The lone blemish was a 9-2 loss to an 8-0-1 Vanderbilt squad. No Ole Miss football team would record more victories in a season during the next quarter century. -
Ole miss's first championship
Legendary head coach John Vaught made an immediate impact in his first season, claiming the school’s first-ever SEC Championship. The Rebels lost to No. 10 Vanderbilt, 10-6, and dropped a 19-14 decision to a tough Arkansas program, but captured the league crown and beat TCU 13-9 in the Delta Bowl in Memphis, which marked the first bowl victory in program history. -
Really good year
No Ole Miss football team had broken into the top 10 of the final AP poll until the 1952 squad, which posted an undefeated regular season highlighted by a 21-14 victory over No. 3 Maryland. Early-season ties with Kentucky and Vanderbilt kept the Rebels out of the national championship race, but Ole Miss made its first appearance in the Sugar Bowl, losing 24-7 to Georgia Tech. -
Won chapionship
Two years later, the Rebels again made it to New Orleans and finished in the top 10 of the polls, and added an SEC Championship for good measure. With a stingy defense that allowed just 6.2 points per game (third-best in the country), Ole Miss swept its conference slate during a 9-1 regular season. The only hiccups came in a 6-0 loss to No. 7 Arkansas in Little Rock and a 21-0 loss to No. 6 Navy in the Sugar Bowl. -
Ole Miss won a championship
The 1955 Ole Miss Rebels were the first team in school history to win 10 games in a season, reaching double digits with a 14-13 victory over TCU in the Cotton Bowl. Ranked No. 8 early in the season, a 21-14 loss to Kentucky knocked thee Rebels out of the discussion for a national title, but Ole Miss rode a nine-game winning streak to a spot in the top 10 of the AP poll for the third time in four years. -
Ole won a championship
The last Ole Miss football team to win the SEC title, the 1963 Rebels featured the nation’s stingiest defense. The Rebels allowed just 4.5 points per game, and recorded four shutouts during an undefeated regular season. Only a scoreless tie with Memphis in the season opener and a 10-10 draw with Mississippi State in the regular-season finale kept the Rebels out of national championship contention. Ole Miss did end the season on a sour note, however, with a 12-7 loss to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.
