The 1953 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the

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during the

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. The Rebels were led by seventh-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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(and one alternate site game in

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). They competed as members of the

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, finishing in a three-way tie for second with a record of 7–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC). They were not invited to a bowl game.

Schedule

Roster

*C Ed Beatty *QB Eagle Day, So. *Billy Kinard *Harol Lofton *Bobby McCool *OG Crawford Mims

References

1953 Southeastern Conference football season, Ole Miss Ole Miss Rebels football seasons 1953 in sports in Mississippi, Ole Miss Rebels football {{Collegefootball-1950s-season-stub