The 1996 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the

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during the

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. They participated as members of the

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in the West Division. Coached by

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, the Rebels played their home games at

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. The 1996 Rebels served the second of a two-year postseason bowl ban, part of the sanctions handed down by the NCAA in November 1994. Ole Miss was allowed to appear on television after the NCAA banned the Rebels from the tube in 1995.

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Ole Miss Ole Miss Rebels football seasons

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