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1960 Ole Miss Rebels football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1960
team	Ole Miss Rebels
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
CoachRank	3
APRank	2
short_conf	SEC
record	10–0–1
conf_record	5–0–1
head_coach	Johnny Vaught
hc_year	14th
stadium	Hemingway Stadium
Crump Stadium
champion	FWAA national champion
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
bowl	[Sugar Bowl](1961-sugar-bowl)
bowl_result	W 14–6 vs. [Rice](1960-rice-owls-football-team)

Crump Stadium SEC champion Sugar Bowl champion The 1960 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1960 college football season. In their fourteenth season under head coach Johnny Vaught, the Rebels compiled a 10–0–1 record and won their fourth Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship. Their only blemish was a 6–6 tie against LSU. Mississippi was the only major-conference team in the nation that finished the season undefeated on the field (Missouri subsequently was credited with an undefeated season when its lone loss to Kansas was erased by forfeit).

The final Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) polls placed the Rebels second and third, respectively, behind the Minnesota Golden Gophers who were voted national champions before the bowl games. The AP first named a post-bowl champion in 1965 and made the change permanent in 1968; the UPI continued to name its national champion prior to bowl games through 1973.

The final AP poll of November 29 was one of the closest ever: Minnesota with 17½ first-place votes, Mississippi 16, and Iowa 12½. Students made “AP” and “UPI” dummies, hung them from the Union Building, and burned them while chanting, “We’re No. 1, to hell with AP and UPI.” The No. 1 Gophers, however, subsequently lost the Rose Bowl to No. 6 Washington. Meanwhile, No. 2 Ole Miss defeated Rice, 14–6, in the Sugar Bowl. Quarterback Jake Gibbs was voted the game's MVP by scoring two rushing touchdowns.

After the New Year's Day bowl games, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) voted Mississippi as national champions and awarded them the Grantland Rice Trophy.

Schedule

In the Egg Bowl, Ole Miss beat Mississippi State, 35–9. Ole Miss held the lead in the series with 29 wins, 24 losses and 4 ties. In the Magnolia Bowl, Ole Miss tied LSU, 6–6. LSU held the lead in the series with 27 wins, 20 losses, and 2 ties. This season marked the last time LSU played in Oxford until 1989.

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Personnel

Johnny Vaught

1961 NFL draft

Awards and honors

Jake Gibbs, Sugar Bowl Most Valuable Player
Johnny Vaught, SEC Coach of the Year

References

NCAA. "National Poll Champions". NCAA.org.
"1961 - How They Got There".
Travers, Steven. (2009-10-16). "Pigskin Warriors: 140 Years of College Football's Greatest Traditions, Games, and Stars". Taylor Trade Publications.
"FWAA > Awards > Grantland Rice Trophy > Winners".
(2008-08-04). "The USA TODAY College Football Encyclopedia 2008-2009: A Comprehensive Modern Reference to America's Most Colorful Sport, 1953-Present". Skyhorse Publishing Inc..
(September 18, 1960). "Ole Miss tops Cougars". The Tyler Courier-Times.
(September 25, 1960). "Ole Miss turns back tough Kentucky, 21–6". The Commercial Appeal.
(October 2, 1960). "Ole Miss survives scare". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
. ["Summary Of Football Game Statistics – Home Team (Memphis State vs. Ole Miss)"](https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MFB1/1960/404.00_H_433.00_19601001_20_31.pdf). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
(October 9, 1960). "Ole Miss aims for No. 1 spot". The Kansas City Star.
(October 16, 1960). "No. 1 Rebels thump Tulane Wave, 26–13". The Clarion-Ledger.
(October 23, 1960). "Rebs win on final play". The Birmingham News.
(October 30, 1960). "LSU stuns Ole Miss with tie". Tulsa Daily World.
(November 6, 1960). "Ole Miss swats Moccasins, 45–0". The Clarion-Ledger.
. ["Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1959 Chattanooga)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/team/693/stats/13014). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
(November 13, 1960). "Gibbs leads Rebel raid on Vols, 24–3". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(November 27, 1960). "Ole Miss ends best regular season". The Commercial Appeal.
(January 3, 1961). "Ole Miss defeats Rice Owls in thriller". The Shreveport Journal.
DeLassus, David. "Mississippi Yearly Results: 1960–1964". [[College Football Data Warehouse]].

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