The real story of that 1975 season is the lost opportunity Ole Miss had. They hadn't lost a game heading into their opener at Baylor and fell 10-20, but they prevented the Bears from raping anyone in Waco that day. With the opener dropping them under .500 for the first time all season, they were bummed to return the State of Texas just one week later to play at aggy. The aggys hadn't played a game yet, so they were well rested and able to scout Ole Miss the week before at Baylor. Ole Miss arguably had the second best defense on the field that day with a slew of All-District High Schoolers, also ran SEC players, and future Raising Cane's Assistant Managers. However, the offense was still trying to catch up and they failed to score in a 0-7 loss on a completely normal sad and depressing day in College Station.
The best 0-2 team in the country had to hit the road for the third week in a row and fell to a powerful Tulane team that would've finished much stronger than 4-7 if they caught a few breaks, the ball bounced their way, and they weren't completely shitty. The Rebels vaunted "Second Best Defense on the Field" held Tulane to only 14. The offense found it's footing after being shutout the week before, and that foot was the kicker's as he booted a FG in the 3-14 loss.
After the MSUCC (Mississippi State University Conspiracy Committee) arranged for Ole Miss to open with three straight road games, you knew they'd turn it around in the home opener with a rousing 24-8 win against the 4th best team in Mississippi, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Not even 5 year old Brett Favre could keep the Golden Eagles from falling to the rising Rebels. Of course, the NCAA couldn't allow the Rebels to get on a roll, so they're back on the road to Bama. If it had been played at home the 6-32 score would very likely have been reversed. Ole Miss then ripped off a 1 game winning streak against UGA before losing their only home game of the year to South Carolina in a game that I'm sure we all know was poorly officiated.
Those trials and tribulations really brought the team together to finish the season on 4 game winning streak in which the offense excelled, even breaking 20 points one time. A failure in the bowl system not to have 40 bowl games is the only thing that prevented the Rebels from going bowling. It's safe to say they would've won their bowl game if they were good enough to play in one.
Sure, they were 6-5 on the season, but they outscored their opponents 16-15. Four of their five losses were on the road. Only three of their five losses were by 10+ points. It's safe to say if they could've played all home games they would've made it very interesting. As it turned it, 1975 was a Lost Opportunity for the Ole Miss Rebels.