1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1979 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Steve Sloan, the Rebels compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the SEC. Ole Miss played home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.

1979 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–7 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium (35,000)
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium(46,000)
1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 0 012 0 0
Georgia 5 1 06 5 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 08 3 0
LSU 4 2 07 5 0
Tennessee 3 3 07 5 0
Kentucky 3 3 05 6 0
Ole Miss 3 3 04 7 0
Mississippi State 2 4 03 8 0
Vanderbilt 0 6 01 10 0
Florida 0 6 00 10 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
L 8–3846,720[1]
October 61:00 pmGeorgiaL 21–2435,912
October 132:00 pmat KentuckyL 3–1457,825
October 207:00 pmat South Carolina*L 14–2156,407
October 271:00 pmVanderbiltdagger
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 63–2835,667
November 31:00 pmLSU
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
L 24–2845,548
November 102:30 pmat Tulane*ABCL 15–4945,647
November 171:00 pmNo. 19 Tennessee
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
W 44–2040,128[2]
November 241:00 pmvs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
P 39 Jim Miller Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

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. "Rebs use 'D' to beat Vols". The Commercial Appeal. November 18, 1979. Retrieved May 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 18, 2014
  4. Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 25. Retrieved 2017-Sep-03.


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