1981 Missouri Tigers football team

1981 Missouri Tigers football
Tangerine Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, W 19–17 vs. Southern Miss
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
Record	8–4 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Warren Powers (4th season)
Home stadium	Faurot Field
Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

1981 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Oklahoma	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Kansas	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
No. 19 Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Warren Powers, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the Big 8. Missouri was invited to the Tangerine Bowl, in which they defeated Southern Miss by a score of 19–17. The team played home game at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Army*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	W 24–10	60,033
September 19	Rice*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	W 42–10	57,112
September 26	Louisville*		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	W 34–3	57,448
October 3	at No. 9 Mississippi State*		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 14–3	40,776	^[1]
October 10	Kansas State	No. 13	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	W 58–13	61,012
October 17	at Iowa State	No. 8	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	L 13–34	53,220
October 24	No. 15 Nebraska	No. 19	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	L 0–6	72,001
October 31	Oklahoma State		Faurot Field Columbia, MO	L 12–16	57,541
November 7	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 30–14	35,782
November 14	No. 15 Oklahoma		Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	W 19–14	67,364
November 21	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (Border War)	L 11–19	47,500
December 19	vs. No. 18 Southern Miss*		Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	W 19–17	50,045	^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	7	0	0	7	14
• Missouri	3	10	6	0	19

Scoring summary

1	MIZZ	Lucchesi 24 yard field goal	Missouri 3-0

1	OKLA	Shepard 14 yard run (Keeling kick)	Oklahoma 7-3

2	MIZZ	Perry 1 yard run (Lucchesi kick)	Missouri 10-7

2	MIZZ	Lucchesi 23 yard field goal	Missouri 13-7

3	MIZZ	Meyer 19 yard run (kick failed)	Missouri 19-7

4	OKLA	Sewell 46 yard pass from Shepard (Keeling kick)	Missouri 19-14

Missouri's first win versus Oklahoma since 1969.^[4]

1981 Missouri Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`55`	Brad Edelman	Sr
TE	`83`	Andy Gibler	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`29`	Demetrious Johnson	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Missouri steals defensive thunder from Mississippi State in 14–7 upset". The Kansas City Star. October 4, 1981. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Missouri prevails in Tangerine Bowl". The Kansas City Star. December 20, 1981. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ DeLassus, David. "Missouri Yearly Results: 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ Eugene Register-Guard. November 15, 1981

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Venues	Guitar and Lowry Field (1890–1891) Athletic Grounds (1892–1895) Rollins Field (1896–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State Kansas: Border War Nebraska Oklahoma
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