1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	John Cropp (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	George MacIntyre (1st season)
Captains	Bobby Garner Lawrence Johnson Curtis Weathers
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Georgia	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Steve Sloan, in his first year, and they played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of the outstanding players on the team of that year were Bobby Garner, Leon Perry, Reginald Woullard, Roy Coleman, Freddie Williams, etc. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–4 SEC).

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Memphis State*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)		W 14–7	47,535	^[1]
September 23	at No. 17 Missouri*	Faurot Field Columbia, MO		L 14–45	60,287	^[2]
September 30	Southern Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 16–13	42,756	^[3]
October 7	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 3–42	58,800	^[4]
October 14	Kentucky	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 17–24	38,290	^[5]
October 21	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 17–18	50,226	^[6]
October 28	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 35–10	25,043	^[7]
November 4	at No. 12 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ABC	L 8–30	73,120	^[8]
November 11	Tulane*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		W 13–3	28,500	^[9]
November 18	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		L 17–41	83,210	^[10]
November 25	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)		W 27–7	47,012	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1978 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		John Fourcade	Fr
QB		Bobby Garner (C)

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Steve Sloan

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mississippi State	0	0	7	0	7
• Ole Miss	0	17	0	10	27

Date: November 25
Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, MS
Game attendance: 47,012

Scoring summary

2	MISS	Langley 24 yard field goal	MISS 3-0

2	MISS	Perry 6 yard run (Langley kick)	MISS 10-0

2	MISS	Kimbrough 57 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick)	MISS 17-0

3	MSU	McDole 29 yard pass from Jones (Fratesi kick)	MISS 17-7

4	MISS	Langley 43 yard field goal	MISS 20-7

4	MISS	Perry 3 yard run (Langley kick)	MISS 27-7

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References

^ "Rebels hang on to nip Tigers, 14–7". Hattiesburg American. September 10, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bradley guides Mizzou, 45–14". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ole Miss surely beats Southern behind Langley's kicking, 16–13". The Clarion-Ledger. October 1, 1978. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia catches Rebs just right". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 8, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ David Crews (October 15, 1978). "Kentucky booms Ole Miss 24–17". The Greenwood Commonwealth. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gamecocks pluck win from Rebs". The Commercial Appeal. October 22, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Perry and Price trigger Ole Miss bomb". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. October 29, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "LSU Tigers romp Rebs behind 'Alex the Great'". The Daily Advertiser. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rebels, Eagles take victories". Enterprise-Journal. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Vols romp". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 19, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fourcade, frosh QB leads Rebs past Maroons". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 26, 1978. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2011 Ole Miss football media guide.
^ "Freshman Directs Ole Miss." Palm Beach Post. 1978 Nov 26.

v t e Ole Miss Rebels football
Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1953–1996)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl Tulane Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Billy Cannon's Halloween run Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear Tony the Landshark "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove The Blind Side
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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