1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1970 Ole Miss Rebels football
Gator Bowl, L 28–35 vs. Auburn
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	#20
1970 record	7–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Vaught
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium

1970 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 LSU $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#4 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#10 Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#20 Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1970 college football season and in the 1971 Gator Bowl against Auburn where Ole Miss lost 35–28. Archie Manning was the quarterback for Ole Miss.^[1] This also marked the last season of coach Johnny Vaught's and first tenure as the Ole Miss coach.

Season

In the Egg Bowl, Mississippi State beat Ole Miss by a score of 19–14. Ole Miss still held the lead in the series with 35 wins, 26 losses and 6 ties. In the Magnolia Bowl, LSU beat Ole Miss by a score of 61–17. LSU held the lead in the series with 30 wins, 26 losses, and 3 ties.

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	at Memphis State*	#5	Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		W 47–13	51,456
September 26	Kentucky	#5	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS		W 20–17	46,200
October 3	Alabama	#7	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)	ABC	W 48–23	46,821
October 10	at Georgia	#5	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 31–21	59,310
October 17	Southern Mississippi*	#4	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		L 14–30
October 24	at Vanderbilt	#13	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)		W 26–16	34,000
November 7	Houston*	#13	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		W 24–13	36,535
November 14	Chattanooga*	#12	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS		W 44–7	15,137
November 26	Mississippi State	#10	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 14–19	35,000
December 5	at #8 LSU	#16	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)		L 17–61	67,590
January 2, 1971	Auburn*	#NR	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)		L 28–35	71,136
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Players Selected in 1971 NFL Draft

Player	Round	Pick	Position	Club
Archie Manning	1	2	Quarterback	New Orleans Saints
Wimpy Winther	4	88	Center	New Orleans Saints
Adam Mitchell	4	103	Tackle	Dallas Cowboys
Fred Brister	5	128	Linebacker	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dennis Coleman	6	151	Linebacker	Miami Dolphins
Wyck Neely	6	154	Defensive Back	Philadelphia Eagles
Worthy McClure	7	164	Tackle	Pittsburgh Steelers
Vernon Studdard	11	266	Wide Receiver	New York Jets
Floyd Franks	12	295	Wide Receiver	Denver Broncos

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Awards and honors

Archie Manning, All-SEC Team
Archie Manning, third in Heisman Trophy voting

References

Ole Miss Rebels football

Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–1996)

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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