American college football season
1972 Southeastern Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 7 Alabama $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
No. 5 Auburn | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
No. 11 LSU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | | | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
No. 8 Tennessee | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
Georgia | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | | | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 |
Ole Miss | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Kentucky | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 |
Mississippi State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Billy Kinard and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing tied for seventh with a record of 5–5 (2–5 SEC).
Ole Miss fielded its first integrated varsity football team in 1972, as did SEC rivals Georgia and LSU. This was ten years after James Meredith became the first African-American to attend the university.
This was the first of 11 consecutive seasons in which the Rebels did not play in a bowl.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 16 | at Memphis State* | No. 19 | | W 34–29 | 51,174 | [1] |
September 23 | at South Carolina* | No. 20 | | W 21–0 | 48,405 | [2] |
September 30 | Southern Miss* | No. 17 | | W 13–9 | 27,200 | [3] |
October 7 | No. 17 Auburn | No. 18 | | L 13–19 | 46,421 | [4] |
October 14 | Georgia | | - Mississippi Memorial Stadium
- Jackson, MS
| L 13–14 | 42,800 | [5] |
October 21 | Florida | | - Hemingway Stadium
- Oxford, MS
| L 0–16 | 35,250 | [6] |
October 28 | at Vanderbilt | | | W 31–7 | 21,975 | [7] |
November 4 | at No. 6 LSU | | | L 16–17 | 70,502 | [8] |
November 18 | at No. 13 Tennessee | | | L 0–17 | 70,527 | [9] |
November 25 | Mississippi State | | | W 51–14 | 33,586 | [10] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1972 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | RB | | Greg Ainsworth | RB | | Gene Allen | WR | | Bill Barry | OL | | Pete Boone | OL | | Art Bressler | OL | | John Gregory | WR | | Gary Hall | RB | | Doug Hamley | RB | | Paul Hofer | WR | | Bill Jordan | RB | | Larry Kramer | OL | | Don Leathers | QB | | Bill Malouf | OL | | Danny Mikul | TE | | Larry Northam | RB | | Jimmy Porter | TE | | Butch Veazey | QB | 16 | Norris Weese | Jr | RB | | Jim Winstead | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LB | | Bob Bailess | DL | | Reggie Dill | DB | | Mickey Fratesi | DB | | Harry Harrison | DL | | Bill May | DL | | Mackey McKinzie | DB | | Stan Moley | LB | | Mel Richardson | LB | | Stump Russell | DL | | Jim Stuart | DB | | Henry Walsh | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | | Steve Lavinghouze | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "Ole Miss nips Memphis State". The Jackson Sun. September 17, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss Rebs, State Bulldogs defeat foes". The Sunday Herald. September 24, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss takes tainted victory, 13–9". The Clarion-Ledger. October 1, 1972. Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Walls guides tough Tigers past Mississippi, 19–13". The Charlotte Observer. October 8, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia slips past Mississippi Rebels". The Daily Advertiser. October 15, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stingy Gators blank Rebels". The Tampa Tribune. October 22, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss collects first SEC victory". The Jackson Sun. October 29, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU whips Rebs on final play". Daily World. November 5, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vols vault into Bluebonnet". The Tennessean. November 19, 1972. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss rolls over State 51–14". The Delta Democrat-Times. November 26, 1972. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1972 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
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