The1996 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented theUniversity of Mississippi during the1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of theSoutheastern Conference in the West Division. Coached byTommy Tuberville, the Rebels played most of their home games atVaught–Hemingway Stadium inOxford, Mississippi, their final "home game" versusTennessee at theLiberty Bowl inMemphis, and their final game ever atMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium inJackson, Mississippi.

The 1996 Rebels served the second of a two-year postseason bowl ban, part of the sanctions handed down by the NCAA in November 1994. Ole Miss was allowed to appear on television after a ban on Ole Miss appearing on television was bestowed by the NCAA in 1995.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 p.m.	No. 17(I-AA)Idaho State*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 38–14	28,140	[1]
September 7	7:00 p.m.	VMI*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 31–7	28,196	[2]
September 14	11:30 a.m.	No. 15Auburn	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 28–45	40,458	[3]
September 21	6:00 p.m.	atVanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 20–9	40,820	[4]
October 3	6:30 p.m.	vs. No. 8Tennessee	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 3–41	62,640	[5]
October 19	5:00 p.m.	at No. 7Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 0–37	70,123	[6]
October 26	6:00 p.m.	Arkansas State*	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		W 38–21	28,176	[7]
November 9	1:00 p.m.	atArkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)		L 7–13	42,356	[8]
November 16	2:00 p.m.	No. 17LSU	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		L 7–39	44,436	[9]
November 23	11:30 a.m.	atGeorgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	JPS	W 31–27	76,511	[10]
November 30	11:30 a.m.	Mississippi State	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPN2	L 0–17	23,678	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time

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