The 1970 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season and in the 1971 Gator Bowl against Auburn where Ole Miss lost 35–28. Archie Manning was the quarterback for Ole Miss.^[1] This also marked the last season of coach Johnny Vaught's first tenure as the Ole Miss coach.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Memphis State*	No. 5	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		W 47–13	50,164	[2]
September 26	Kentucky	No. 5	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 20–17	46,200	[3]
October 3	No. 17 Alabama	No. 7	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	ABC	W 48–23	46,821	[4]
October 10	at Georgia	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 31–21	59,310	[5]
October 17	Southern Miss*	No. 4	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 14–30	27,200	[6]
October 24	at Vanderbilt	No. 13	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 26–16	34,000	[7]
November 7	No. 18 Houston*	No. 13	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 24–13	36,535	[8]
November 14	Chattanooga*	No. 12	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 44–7	15,137	[9]
November 26	Mississippi State	No. 10	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 14–19	35,000	[10]
December 5	at No. 8 LSU	No. 16	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ABC	L 17–61	67,590	[11]
January 2, 1971	No. 10 Auburn*		Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl, rivalry)	NBC	L 28–35	71,136	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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• Archie Manning, All-SEC Team
• Archie Manning, third in Heisman Trophy voting