EDITOR’S NOTE: In this story, Sports Editor Aidan Gallardo goes in depth about what the 1962 Ole Miss football team endured during an unforgettable season. Some information and all of the quotes come from ESPN’s “30 for 30: Ghosts of Ole Miss.”
Football has been the heart and soul of the University of Mississippi for more than 115 years and through all that time, one season and its players stand out from the rest: the 1962 Ole Miss football team.
That year, the Rebels went undefeated but were greatly overshadowed by a watershed moment in the civil rights movement that took place on their very campus.