1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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| year = 1974

| team = Ole Miss Rebels

| sport = football

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| conference = Southeastern Conference

| short_conf = SEC

| record = 3–8

| conf_record = 0–6

| head_coach = Ken Cooper

| hc_year = 1st

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| stadium = Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

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The 1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi/1974-schedule.html|title=1974 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results}} The Rebels were led by first-year head coach Ken Cooper and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in last. The Rebels opened the season with an upset of Missouri,{{Cite web |url=http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112213aab.html |title=FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Missouri 1974 - Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site - Football |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=2018-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804013843/http://www.olemisssports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112213aab.html |url-status=dead }} but the rest of the season went very poorly, as the team went winless in conference play and finished with a record of 3–8, the school's first losing season since 1949.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1974

| poll = AP

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| date = September 14

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Missouri

| opprank = 18

| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Jackson, MS

| score = 10–0

| attend = 38,500

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-ole-miss-stuns-miss/134214798/|work=Hattiesburg American|title=Ole Miss stuns Missouri, 10–0|date=September 15, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 21

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Memphis State

| site_stadium = Memphis Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Memphis, TN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 7–15

| attend = 50,164

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-tigers-make-it-two/134214885/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Tigers make it two in row over Rebs|date=September 22, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Southern Miss

| site_stadium = Hemingway Stadium

| site_cityst = Oxford, MS

| score = 20–14

| attend = 29,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74222846/ole-miss-storms-back-to-trim-southern-20|work=The Clarion-Ledger|title=Ole Miss storms back to trim Southern 20–14|date=September 29, 1974|accessdate=March 23, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 5

| w/l = l

| opponent = Alabama

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Jackson, MS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 21–35

| attend = 45,500

| source = {{cite news |first=Mike |last=McKenzie |title=52 to zero: What more can anybody say? |page=1B |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O180AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q5wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6433%2C4300857 |via=Google News Archives |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |date=September 22, 1974 |access-date=July 5, 2014}}{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Alabama rolls to 52–0 win |page=B2 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ji8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ssEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5134%2C4479443 |via=Google News Archives |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |date=September 22, 1974 |access-date=July 5, 2014}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Georgia

| site_stadium = Sanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Athens, GA

| score = 0–49

| attend = 48,500

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-georgia-crushes-mis/134214924/|work=Tallahassee Democrat|title=Georgia crushes Mississippi 49–0|date=October 13, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = South Carolina

| site_stadium = Hemingway Stadium

| site_cityst = Oxford, MS

| score = 7–10

| attend = 32,800

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/anderson-independent-usc-wins-first/134214960/|work=Anderson Independent/Daily Mail|title=USC wins first|date=October 20, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Dudley Field

| site_cityst = Nashville, TN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 14–24

| attend = 30,875

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-town-talk-vandy-decks-rebels-2414/134215038/|work=Alexandria Daily Town Talk|title=Vandy decks Rebels 24–14|date=October 27, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = LSU

| site_stadium = Tiger Stadium

| site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–24

| attend = 66,728

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advertiser-lsu-routs-rebels-fo/134145190/|work=The Daily Advertiser|title=LSU routs Rebels for Mac's 100th|date=November 3, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Tennessee

| gamename = rivalry

| site_stadium = Memphis Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Memphis, TN

| score = 17–29

| attend = 50,515

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101377651/vols-keep-bowl-hopes-alive-topple-rebel/|work=Kingsport Times-News|title=Vols keep bowl hopes alive, topple Rebels|date=November 17, 1974|accessdate=May 8, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 23

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Mississippi State

| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Jackson, MS

| gamename = Egg Bowl

| score = 13–31

| attend = 46,500

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-mississippi-state/134215133/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Mississippi State rallies to down Ole Miss|date=November 24, 1974|accessdate=October 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 30{{#tag:ref|The game against Tulane was originally scheduled for September 7, but was postponed to the end of the season due to the threat of Hurricane Carmen along the Louisiana coast.|group="A"}}

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| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Tulane

| site_stadium = Tulane Stadium

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 26–10

| attend = 21,628

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87309899/ole-miss-rebs-calm-tulane-green-wave/|work=Clarion-Ledger|title=Ole Miss Rebs calm Tulane Green Wave|date=December 1, 1974|accessdate=October 18, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}}}

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References

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