1906 record 4–2 (3–2 SIAA) Captain C. P. Huggins | Head coach Thomas S. Hammond | |
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association | ||
The 1906 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Games with Tennessee on Oct 27th and with Arkansas on November 17 were cancelled. This the first season of the legal forward pass. James C. Elmer of Ole Miss caught the first forward pass in the history of the Egg Bowl rivalry. Elmer's kicking accounted for 13 points in a 29 to 5 rout. For the first time the game marked the end of the season for not one but both teams.
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1906 Ole Miss Rebels football team Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA