1981 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1981 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The season opened with a close win over Tulane.[2]

1981 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1981 record4–6–1 (1–5–1 SEC)
Head coachSteve Sloan (4th season)
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1981 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Georgia + 6 0 0  10 2 0
No. 7 Alabama + 6 0 0  9 2 1
Mississippi State 4 2 0  8 4 0
Tennessee 3 3 0  8 4 0
Florida 3 3 0  7 5 0
Auburn 2 4 0  5 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 0  3 8 0
LSU 1 4 1  3 7 1
Ole Miss 1 5 1  4 6 1
Vanderbilt 1 5 0  4 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5at Tulane*
W 19–18
September 12at South Carolina*W 20–13
September 19at Memphis State*W 7–3
September 26Arkansas*L 13–27
October 3at No. 11 AlabamaL 7–38
October 10No. 11 Georgia
L 7–37
October 17at Florida
L 3–49
October 24Vanderbilt
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
L 23–27
October 31LSU
T 27–27
November 14at TennesseeL 20–28
November 21vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 21–17
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1981 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 John Fourcade Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Season summary

    Mississippi State

    John Fourcade plunged from one yard out with two seconds left for the winning score in his final game.[3]

    gollark: The closest thing to a science fair my school did is one night last year or something where everyone presented DT (design and technology) projects.
    gollark: It's not a battle competition, so I don't know *why* you would do that.
    gollark: The competition rules for the one we do *explicitly say* that your robot may not be on fire, oddly.
    gollark: Some of the non-programming people are doing hardware design somewhat, which is useful.
    gollark: Only the computer science cohort of not many people is doing it, but due to scheduling only about 3 of us actually have significant programming experience.

    References

    1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi/1981-schedule.html
    2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    3. Eugene Register-Guard. 1981 Nov 22. Retrieved 2018-Dec-12.


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