1981 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1981 Southeastern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1981 Ole Miss Rebels football
1981 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1981 record	4–6–1 (1–5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (4th season);
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium; Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

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]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 19–18	43,685	^[3]
September 12	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–13
September 19	at Memphis State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 7–3
September 26	Arkansas*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	L 13–27
October 3	at No. 11 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	L 7–38
October 10	No. 11 Georgia	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 7–37
October 17	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 3–49
October 24	Vanderbilt	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 23–27
October 31	LSU	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Magnolia Bowl)	T 27–27
November 14	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 20–28
November 21	vs. 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

1981 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	John Fourcade	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

John Fourcade plunged from one yard out with two seconds left for the winning score in his final game.^[4]

^ "1981 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Call it lucky miraculous, but Ole Miss won". The Clarion-Ledger. September 6, 1981. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1981 Nov 22. Retrieved 2018-Dec-12.

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v t Ole Miss Rebels football
Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1941–96)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl (Golden Egg) Tulane Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Billy Cannon's Halloween run Colonel Reb Rebel Black Bear Tony the Landshark "Forward Rebels" The Pride of the South The Grove The Blind Side
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1981 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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