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The Ole Miss riot of 1962 (September 30 – October 1, 1962), also known as the Battle of Oxford, [2] was a race riot that occurred at the University of Mississippi—commonly called Ole Miss—in Oxford, Mississippi, as segregationist rioters sought to prevent the enrollment of African American applicant James Meredith. [3]
In September 2012, Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork announced that the 1962 team would be receiving national championship rings to honor their accomplishments. [7] Ole Miss tackle Jim Dunaway was a consensus first-team player on the 1962 All-America college football team. [8]
The 1962 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 26th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Monday, January 1.Part of the 1961–62 bowl game season, the game featured the No. 3 Texas Longhorns of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the No. 5 Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and United States Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government (an event that was a flashpoint in the civil rights movement). [1]
Ole Miss was presented with the Grantland Rice Trophy by the Football Writers of America after its Sugar Bowl victory, though that did not carry the same weight of the wire service voting (AP and Coaches' Poll) which selected Minnesota as the national champion. [6] [7] The Rebels’ 1962 season is Ole Miss' only undefeated and untied season: 10 ...
Ole Miss (10–0) won the SEC championship and were ranked No. 3 in the final AP and UPI polls before defeating No. 6 Arkansas in the 1963 Sugar Bowl. The Rebels were awarded the Litkenhous Ratings trophy for the national championship. [3] Years later, they were also rated as national champions by Billingsley and Sagarin. To date, it is the ...
The 1962 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference ... Ole Miss (UPI-1) Anton Peters, Florida (UPI-2)
The Ole Miss Rebels are the 18 men's and women's intercollegiate athletic teams that are funded ... 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, and 1963) and claim three national ...