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1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1962
teamOle Miss Rebels
sportfootball
imageLitkenhous Ratings Championship trophy.jpg
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
short_confSEC
CoachRank3
APRank3
record10–0
conf_record6–0
head_coachJohnny Vaught
hc_year16th
stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Memorial Stadium
championNational Champion (Billingsley, Litkenhous, Sagarin)
Sugar Bowl champion
SEC champion
bowl[Sugar Bowl](1963-sugar-bowl)
bowl_resultW 17–13 vs. [Arkansas](1962-arkansas-razorbacks-football-team)

Mississippi Memorial Stadium Sugar Bowl champion SEC champion The 1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mississippi in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their 16th year under head coach Johnny Vaught, the Rebels compiled a perfect 10–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 53, won the SEC championship, and defeated Arkansas in the 1963 Sugar Bowl. To date, it is the only undefeated and untied season in Ole Miss football history.

Mississippi finished No. 1 in the season's final Litkenhous Ratings and was awarded the Litkenhous Ratings Championship trophy. This team was apparently the last Litkenhous champion to be awarded the traveling trophy, as the plaque remains at Ole Miss today.

The team ranked No. 3 in the final AP and UPI coaches polls released in December 1962. USC was selected as the national champion by both the AP and UPI. In later retrospective analyses, Ole Miss was recognized as the 1962 national champion by the Billingsley Report and Sagarin Ratings. In September 2012, Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork announced that the 1962 team would be receiving national championship rings to honor their accomplishments.

Ole Miss tackle Jim Dunaway was a consensus first-team player on the 1962 All-America college football team. Quarterback Glynn Griffing was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. The team's statistical leaders included Griffing with 882 passing yards and 278 rushing yards and Lou Guy with 295 receiving yards and 42 points scored.

The Rebels' undefeated season was set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement taking place on their own campus as James Meredith, aided by the United States government, was attempting to be the first African American student to enroll at the university. In 2012, ESPN aired a documentary on the team, Ghosts of Ole Miss, as part of its 30 for 30 series.

Schedule

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Roster

  • Allen Brown, end
  • Willis Dabbs, end
  • Don Dickson, line
  • Kenny Dill, line
  • Jim Dunaway, tackle
  • Perry Lee Dunn, Jr., fullback
  • Glynn Griffing, quarterback
  • Lou Guy, back
  • Whaley Hall, line
  • Conrad Hitchler, end
  • Fred Kimbrell, line
  • Chuck Morris, back
  • Buck Randall, back
  • Frank Roberts, back
  • James Roberts, line
  • Richard Ross, line
  • Jim Weatherly, quarterback

Awards

  • SEC Coach of the Year: Johnny Vaught
  • 1962 All-America college football team :* Tackle Jim Dunaway, consensus first-team All-American :* Quarterback Glynn Griffing, first-team All-America pick by Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)
  • 1962 All-SEC football team :* Quarterback Glynn Griffing (AP-1, UPI-1) :* Halfback Louis Guy (UPI-3) :* Tackle Jim Dunaway (UPI-1) :* Guard Don Dickson (AP-1, UPI-1)

References

References

  1. NCAA. "National Poll Champions". NCAA.org.
  2. "1962 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
  3. (July 18, 2013). "Litkenhous Ratings Championship trophy". [[Litkenhous Ratings]].
  4. (December 4, 1962). "UPI poll". Eugene Register-Guard.
  5. (December 4, 1962). "Trojans voted No. 1 in runaway". Bend Bulletin.
  6. (August 2018). "2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records". National Collegiate Athletic Association.
  7. Normand, Travis. (September 14, 2012). "1962 Ole Miss Football Team gets National Title Rings".
  8. (2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
  9. "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team".
  10. "1962 Ole Miss Rebels Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
  11. "Ghosts of Mississippi". ESPN.com.
  12. Wayne Thompson. (September 23, 1962). "Rebels Crack Memphis 21-7 For Warmup". The Clarion-Ledger.
  13. Carl Walters. (September 30, 1962). "Ole Miss Wins Uphill Fight Against Kentucky Cats 14-0". The Clarion-Ledger.
  14. Carl Waters. (October 7, 1962). "Rebels Triumph 40-7; Griffing-To-Guy Play Slaughters Cougars". The Clarion-Ledger.
  15. (October 21, 1962). "Ole Miss shuts out Tulane in rain-swept stadium 21–0". The Clarion-Ledger.
  16. John Bibbs. (October 28, 1962). "Rebs Blank Vandy Again". The Nashville Tennessean.
  17. Bill McIntyre. (November 4, 1962). "Griffing Guides Ole Miss Rebels To 15-7 Victory". The Shreveport Times.
  18. Wayne Thompson. (November 11, 1962). "Ole Miss Rebs In Effortless Win". The Clarion-Ledger.
  19. Marvin West. (November 18, 1962). "Rebs' 103-Yard TD Spoils Vol Homecoming". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
  20. Wayne Thompson. (December 2, 1962). "Ole Miss Overcomes Valiant State Effort To Climax Perfect Season In 13-6 Win: Bulldogs Fight Hard But Yield To Rival". The Clarion-Ledger.
  21. Bill McIntyre. (January 2, 1963). "Razorbacks Fall Before Rebel Passes in Sugar". The Shreveport Times.
  22. DeLassus, David. "Mississippi Yearly Results: 1960–1964". [[College Football Data Warehouse]].
  23. Pepper, Bobby. (February 3, 2021). "Jim Weatherly, Pontotoc native and Hall of Fame songwriter, dies". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
  24. (December 1, 1962). "Vaught Voted Coach of Year". The Clarion-Ledger.
  25. "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team".
  26. (December 4, 1962). "All-Southeastern Conference 1962". Fitchburg Sentinel.
  27. (November 29, 1962). "All-SEC Roster". Palm Beach Daily News.
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