1980 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1980 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Steve Sloan, the Rebels compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished seventhin the SEC. Ole Miss played home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.^[1]

1980 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–8 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	John Cropp (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Crane (2nd 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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Texas A&M*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 20–23	47,482	[2]
September 13	Memphis State*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 61–7	41,412	[3]
September 20	No. 1 Alabama[A 1]*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	L 35–59	50,686	[5]
September 27	Tulane*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 24–26	37,419	[6]
October 4	vs. Southern Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 22–28	47,211	[7]
October 11	at No. 6 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 21–28	60,300	[8]
October 18	Florida	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 3–15	36,012	[9]
October 25	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 27–14	27,800	[10]
November 1	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 16–38	71,422	[11]
November 15	vs. Tennessee	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 20–9	50,033	[12]
November 22	vs. No. 17 Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 14–19	62,520	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1980 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 55 Chuck Commiskey Sr OL Chris Cottam OL Adolph Duckworth WR Gino English QB 1 John Fourcade Jr RB Malvin Gibson WR James Harbour WR Michael Harmon RB Kinny Hooper RB Danny Jansen QB Skip Lane TE Don Lloyd RB Buford McGee OL Mark Moore OL Pat Phenix QB Scott Rushing C 54 Mike Russell Sr WR 83 Norman Seawright Sr RB Andre Thomas RB Chester Thornton WR 30 Ken Toler Sr WR Breck Tyler TE Billy Wise	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB Melvin Brown DL Bentley Burgess DB Johnny Burrow LB Dale Erves DB Mike Fountain LB Keith Fourcade DL Bryan Kennedy LB Carl Lewis DL James Otis LB Danny Robertson DL Andy Shaw DB Bobo Thomas LB Nakita Williams	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Todd Gatlin P Darryl Graham	Head coach Steve Sloan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Notes

1. Prior to the 1980 season, the SEC ruled if two SEC teams scheduled each other independently, and not through the conference office, the game would not count in SEC standings. As such, although both were members of the SEC, the Alabama–Ole Miss games in 1980 and 1981 did not count as conference games in the official SEC standings.^[4]