1980 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1980 Ole Miss Rebels football
1980 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–8 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (3rd season);
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium; Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 19 Mississippi State	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 6 Alabama	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Auburn	0	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 6	Texas A&M*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 20–23
September 13	Memphis State*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 61–7
September 20	No. 1 Alabama	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	L 35–59
September 27	Tulane*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 24–26
October 4	vs. Southern Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 22–28
October 11	at No. 6 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 21–28
October 18	Florida	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 3–15
October 25	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 27–14
November 1	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	L 16–38
November 15	vs. Tennessee	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	W 20–9
November 22	vs. No. 17 Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 14–19
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1980 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`55`	Chuck Commiskey	Sr
QB	`1`	John Fourcade	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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v t e Ole Miss Rebels football
Venues	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present) Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1953–1996)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn LSU: Magnolia Bowl Memphis Mississippi State: Egg Bowl 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 2023 2024
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