The 1912 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

as a member of the

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football programs were members of this conferen ...

(SIAA) during the

1912 college football season The 1912 college football season was the first of the modern era, as the NCAA implemented changes to increase scoring: *Teams were given ''4 downs'' instead of ''3 downs'' to gain ten yards *The value of a touchdown was increased from ''5 points ...

. Led by

Leo DeTray Leo Carter DeTray (November 20, 1888 – October 9, 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football the Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio in 1910, University of Mississippi (Ole M ...

in his first and only season as head coach, the Rebels compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 2–2 in SIAA play.

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Ole Miss Ole Miss Rebels football seasons

Ole Miss Rebels football The Ole Miss Rebels football program represents the University of Mississippi, also known as "Ole Miss". The Rebels compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of ...

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