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 Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	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 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.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	7:00 pm	at Memphis State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		W 38–34	53,166	^[1]
September 22	2:30 pm	No. 9 Missouri*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	ABC	L 7–33	46,000	^[2]
September 29	6:00 pm	Southern Miss*	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 8–38	46,720	^[3]
October 6	1:00 pm	Georgia	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 21–24	35,912	^[4]
October 13	2:00 pm	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		L 3–14	57,825	^[5]
October 20	7:00 pm	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 14–21	56,407	^[6]
October 27	1:00 pm	Vanderbilt	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)		W 63–28	35,667	^[7]
November 3	1:00 pm	LSU	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)		L 24–28	45,548	^[8]
November 10	2:30 pm	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	ABC	L 15–49	45,647	^[9]
November 17	1:00 pm	No. 19 Tennessee	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)		W 44–20	40,128	^[10]
November 24	1:00 pm	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)		W 14–9	46,021	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming 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.	#	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

Game summaries

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)

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References

^ "Sloan recruiting pays off as frosh lead Ole Miss". The Tennessean. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mizzou defeats Ole Miss, 33–7". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Eagle fever: USM 38, Ole Miss 8". Hattiesburg American. September 30, 1979. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia handles Ole Miss". The Clarion-Ledger. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Henry (?) sparks UK to win". The Park City Daily News. October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "USC trims Ole Miss". The State. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rebels crunch Vandy in offensive explosion". The Commercial Appeal. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Porter, Gajan were cast in strange roles". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rebs get smashed at Tulane party". The Commercial Appeal. November 11, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rebs use 'D' to beat Vols". The Commercial Appeal. November 18, 1979. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fourcade passes Rebels over Mississippi State". The Anniston Star. November 25, 1979. Retrieved October 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1979 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
^ Palm Beach Post. 1979 Nov 25. Retrieved 2017-Sep-03.

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