1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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1979 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1979 record4–7 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium(46,000)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
Georgia 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
LSU 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Florida 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 157:00 pmat Memphis State*
W 38–3453,166
September 222:30 pmNo. 9 Missouri*
ABCL 7–3346,000
September 296:00 pmSouthern Miss*
L 8–3846,720[1]
October 61:00 pmGeorgia
L 21–2435,912
October 132:00 pmat Kentucky
L 3–1457,825
October 207:00 pmat South Carolina*
L 14–2156,407
October 271:00 pmVanderbiltdagger
W 63–2835,667
November 31:00 pmLSU
L 24–2845,548
November 102:30 pmat Tulane*
ABCL 15–4945,647
November 171:00 pmNo. 19 Tennessee
W 44–2040,128
November 241:00 pmvs. Mississippi State
W 14–946,021
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
C 55 Chuck Commiskey Jr
QB 1 John Fourcade So
OG 63 Gregg Jefcoat Sr
QB 14 Jim Lear Jr
TE 86 Don Lloyd Jr
RB 10 Buford McGee Fr
T 70 Mark Moore Jr
RB 20 Leon Perry (C) Sr
C 54 Mike Russell Jr
WR 83 Norman Seawright Jr
WR 30 Ken Toler Jr
OT 50 David Traxler Sr
OG 64 Terrence Walker Sr
WR 36 Freddie Lee Williams Sr
TE 16 Billy Wise Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 98 John Johnson Jr
DT 45 James Jordan Sr
DB 40 Mike Fountain Jr
S 34 Phil Freightman So
LB 47 Eddy Householder (C) Sr
DT 62 Quentin McDonald Jr
LB 57 Brian Morehead Sr
DE 84 James Otis Fr
DE 89 John Peel (C) Sr
S 32 Joel Stewart Sr
CB 17 Brad White So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 39 Jim Miller Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary[]

Mississippi State[]

1 234Total
• Ole Miss 0 077 14
Mississippi St 3 600 9
  • MISS: John Fourcade 11/17, 143 Yds, 9 Rush, 40 Yds (second player in school history with 2,000 yards total offense in single season – A. Manning, 1969)

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References[]

  1. ^ "Eagle fever: USM 38, Ole Miss 8". Hattiesburg American. September 30, 1979. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Dec-18.
  3. ^ Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 25. Retrieved 2017-Sep-03.
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