1987 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1987 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1987 record 3–8 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach Billy Brewer (5th season)
Home stadium Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1987 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Auburn $ 5 0 1  9 1 2
No. 5 LSU 5 1 0  10 1 1
No. 14 Tennessee 4 1 1  10 2 1
No. 13 Georgia 4 2 0  9 3 0
Alabama 4 2 0  7 5 0
Florida 3 3 0  6 6 0
Kentucky 1 5 0  5 6 0
Mississippi State 1 5 0  4 7 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 0  4 7 0
Ole Miss 1 5 0  3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the sport of American football during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Rebels won 3 games and lost 8.[1] Star players included Mark Young and Willie Green. The team beat Arkansas State, Southwestern Louisiana, and Vanderbilt.[2] The team was hit with a bowl ban after 1986.[3]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 7:00 PM at Memphis* Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN L 10-16   64,186
September 12 6:00 PM No. 13 Arkansas* Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS (Rivalry) L 10–31   57,500
September 19 1:00 PM Arkansas State* Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS W 47–10   24,000
September 26 7:00 PM Tulane* Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans L 24-31   40,302
October 3 1:00 PM No. 20 Georgia Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS L 14-31   32,000
October 10 7:00 PM at Kentucky Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY L 6-35   57,832
October 17 1:00 PM Louisiana–Lafayette* Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS W 24-14   18,700
October 24 1:00 PM Vanderbiltdagger Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS (Rivalry) W 42-14   31,000
October 31 6:00 PM No. 5 LSU Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS (Rivalry) L 13-42   56,500
November 14 2:00 PM No. 18 Tennessee Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN L 13-55   94,237
November 21 1:00 PM vs. Mississippi State Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS (Rivalry) L 20-30   43,450
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches/AP Poll.

References

  1. "1987 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/ole/graphics/oldstats/1987-football-stats.pdf
  3. Press, Associated (6 December 1986). "Ole Miss Is Banned From Bowl Games, TV for One Year for Illegal Recruiting" via LA Times.


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