1996 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record5–6 (2–6 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNoel Mazzone (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorArt Kaufman (2nd season)
Home stadiumVaught–Hemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 42,577)
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 62,512)
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 62,380)
1996 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$  8 –0   12 –1  
No. 9 Tennessee  7 –1   10 –2  
South Carolina  4 –4   6 –5  
Kentucky  3 –5   4 –7  
Georgia  3 –5   5 –6  
Vanderbilt  0 –8   2 –9  
Western Division
No. 11 Alabama xy  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 12 LSU x  6 –2   10 –2  
No. 24 Auburn  4 –4   8 –4  
Mississippi State  3 –5   5 –6  
Ole Miss  2 –6   5 –6  
Arkansas  2 –6   4 –7  
Championship: Florida 45, Alabama 30
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the West Division. Coached by Tommy Tuberville, the Rebels played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.

The 1996 Rebels served the second of a two-year postseason bowl ban, part of the sanctions handed down by the NCAA in November 1994. Ole Miss was allowed to appear on television after the NCAA banned the Rebels from the tube in 1995.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 p.m.Idaho State*
W 38–1428,140
September 77:00 p.m.VMI*
W 31–728,196[1]
September 1411:30 a.m.No. 15 Auburn
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
ESPN2L 28–4540,458
September 216:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt
W 20–940,820
October 36:30 p.m.No. 8 Tennessee
ESPNL 3–4162,640
October 195:00 p.m.at No. 7 Alabama
ESPN2L 0–3770,123[2]
October 266:00 p.m.Arkansas State*dagger
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 38–2128,176
November 91:00 p.m.at Arkansas
L 7–1342,356
November 162:00 p.m.No. 17 LSU
L 7–3944,436
November 2311:30 a.m.at Georgia
JPSW 31–2776,511
November 3011:30 a.m.Mississippi State
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)
ESPN2L 0–1723,678
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References

  1. ↑ "Mississippi's early lead lets Rebels coast, 31–7". The Atlanta Constitution. September 8, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Alabama just too much". The Clarion-Ledger. October 20, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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