1906 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1906 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1906 record 42 (32 SIAA)
Head coach Thomas S. Hammond
Captain C. P. Huggins
1906 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 5 0 0     8 1 0
Clemson 4 0 1     4 0 3
Sewanee 5 1 0     8 1 0
Alabama 3 1 0     5 1 0
Texas A&M 2 1 0     6 1 0
Ole Miss 3 2 0     4 2 0
Georgia Tech 3 3 0     5 3 1
Texas 1 1 0     9 1 0
Davidson 1 1 1     3 2 2
Georgia 2 3 1     2 4 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 1     2 2 1
LSU 0 2 1     2 2 2
Tennessee 0 4 1     1 6 2
Mercer 0 2 0     2 3 0
Tulane 0 3 0     0 4 1
Auburn 0 5 0     1 5 1
Nashville            
  • $ Conference champion

The 1906 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1906 college football season. Games with Tennessee on Oct 27th and with Arkansas on November 17 were cancelled.[1] This the first season of the legal forward pass. James C. Elmer of Ole Miss caught the first forward pass in the history of the Egg Bowl rivalry. Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29 to 5 rout. For the first time the game marked the end of the season for not one but both teams.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 4 Maryville* Oxford, MS W 166  
October 13 at Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN (Rivalry) L 029  
October 20 at LSU Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) W 90  
November 3 at Tulane New Orleans, LA (Rivalry) W 170  
November 12 at Sewanee Memphis, TN L 024  
November 29 vs. Mississippi A&M Jackson, MS (Rivalry) W 295  
*Non-conference game.

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