MS SC597

Pays tribute to the 1962 Ole Miss Rebels Football Team on the 50th anniversary of their national championship season, which was achieved under head coach Johnny Vaught.

Recognizes the team's 10-0 undefeated and untied season, SEC championship, and national championship title won by defeating Arkansas 17-13 in the Sugar Bowl.

Notes the team was the only football team in Ole Miss history to complete a season untied and undefeated, and that Coach Vaught was named SEC Coach of the Year for the sixth time that year.

Lists all 48 players and 10 coaches from the 1962 roster, including co-captains Glynn Griffing and Louis Guy, and highlights the team's historical significance during the Civil Rights Movement on the Ole Miss campus.

Directs the resolution be presented to representatives of the team, the University of Mississippi Chancellor, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.