The University of Mississippi fields a total of 23 varsity teams. During their early years, they were known as “Mississippi Flood” but were called “Ole Miss Rebels” in 1936.
Meaning and history
1970 – 2002
The Mississippi Rebels logo looks pretty unusual for an athletic crest and has a pronounced retro style. This is especially true for the old logo used in 1970-1996. Here, you could see an old man wearing a long mustache and a red had with wide brims. The words “Ole Miss” in a typeface imitating handwriting could be seen to the left.
2002 – 2007
The design changed to just the wordmark ‘Ole Miss’. There was a smaller one just like this on the original logo: red hand-written letters with blue outlines.
2007 – 2020
The color scheme changed to a darker one: dark red and almost black for the outline.
2020 – Today
The 1996 emblem has borrowed the lettering from the previous Ole Miss Rebels logo but positioned the two words in a single line.
Mississippi Rebels football
The team has been named National Champions three times, the last in 1962. Also, they have won six SEC championships so far.
Mississippi Rebels basketball
As of 2019, the women’s team has competed in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight five times and has made 17 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
As for the men’s team, the number of appearances in the NCAA Tournament has reached nine, the number of appearances in the National Invitation Tournament has reached 12. Ole Miss was in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen in 2001.
Mississippi Rebels Colors
RED
PANTONE: PMS 186 C
HEX COLOR: #CE1126;
RGB: (204, 9, 47)
CMYK: (0, 92, 82, 19)
NAVY BLUE
PANTONE: PMS 2767 C
HEX COLOR: #14213D;
RGB: (22, 43, 72)
CMYK: (67, 46, 0, 76)