1936 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1936 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5–2 (0–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 LSU $ 6 0 0 9 1 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 0 1 8 0 1
Auburn 4 1 1 7 2 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 1 2 6 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0 7 3 1
Georgia 3 3 0 5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 1 5 5 1
Tulane 2 3 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 1 3 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 5 0 4 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 1 5 5 2
Sewanee 0 5 0 0 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Ole Miss Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mississippi in the Southeastern Conference during the 1936 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Ed Walker, the team compiled a 5–5–2 record (0–3–1 against conference opponents).[1] The team played home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.

The team beat the Miami Hurricanes and tied Tennessee.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Union (TN)*W 45–0[2]
September 26at TulaneL 6–718,000[3]
October 2at Temple*L 7–12[4]
October 9at George Washington*T 0–0[5]
October 17at LSUL 0–13[6]
October 24Catholic University*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 14–06,000[7]
October 31at Centenary*W 24–710,000[8]
November 7Loyola (LA)*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
W 34–0[9]
November 14at No. 8 Marquette*L 0–3317,000[10]
November 21at Mississippi StateL 6–2620,000[11]
November 27at Miami (FL)*
W 14–08,000[12]
December 5vs. No. 17 TennesseeT 0–017,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1936 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hapes heads Ole Miss attack against Union, 45–0". The Jackson Sun. September 20, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss bows to Tulane by margin of lone point in bitterly fought game". The Commercial Appeal. September 27, 1936. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Temple wins close battle". Delaware County Daily Times. October 3, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss held to tie in Washington". The Sun Herald. October 10, 1936. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ole Miss blanked byy L.S.U. 13 to 0 in tough battle". The Clarion-Ledger. October 18, 1936. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ole Miss surges back into victory class by toppling Catholic University, 14 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 25, 1936. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rebs come from behind". The Clarion-Ledger. November 1, 1936. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Ole Miss-Loyola tilt is given play-by-play". Clarion-Ledger. November 8, 1936. p. 12. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Walfroot, Cleon (November 15, 1936). "Art Guepe scored three touchdowns". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  11. ^ "State bursts Ole Miss jinx". The Knoxville Journal. November 22, 1936. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Ole Miss beats Miami team, 14–0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Rebels battle Vols to scoreless deadlock". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. December 6, 1936. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.