1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1979 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	4–7 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium (35,000) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium(46,000)

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings

	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	7:00 PM	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Stadium Memphis, Tennessee		W 38–34	53,166
September 22	2:30 PM	No. 9 Missouri*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi	ABC	L 7–33	46,000
September 29	6:00 PM	Southern Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 8–38	46,720
October 6	1:00 PM	Georgia	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi		L 21–24	35,912
October 13	2:00 PM	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		L 3–14	57,825
October 20	7:00 PM	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		L 14–21	56,407
October 27	1:00 PM	Vanderbilt	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)		W 63–28	35,667
November 3	1:00 PM	LSU	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi (rivalry)		L 24–28	45,548
November 10	2:30 PM	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans	ABC	L 15–49	45,647
November 17	1:00 PM	No. 19 Tennessee	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi		W 44–20	40,128
November 24	1:00 PM	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)		W 14–9	46,021
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 55 Chuck Commiskey Jr QB 1 John Fourcade So G 63 Gregg Jefcoat Sr QB 14 Jim Lear Jr TE 86 Don Lloyd Jr RB 10 Buford McGee Fr OT 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 G 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 Steve Sloan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Mississippi State

1 2 3 4 Total • Ole Miss 0 0 7 7 14 Mississippi St 3 6 0 0 9 Date: November 24 Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

Scoring summary Q1 MSU Rye 38 yard field goal MSU 3−0 Q2 MSU Collins 90 yard run (kick failed) MSU 9–0 Q3 MISS Perry 1 yard run (Langley kick) MSU 9–7 Q4 7:28 MISS Toler 29 yard pass from Fourcade (Langley kick) MISS 14–9

• 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)