American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 5 7:00 pm at Memphis State * L 10–1664,187 [4] September 12 6:00 pm No. 13 Arkansas * L 10–3157,900 [5] September 19 1:00 pm Arkansas State * W 47–1024,000 [6] September 26 7:00 pm at Tulane * L 24–3140,302 [7] October 3 1:00 pm No. 20 Georgia Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS L 14–3132,000 [8] October 10 7:00 pm at Kentucky L 6–3557,832 [9] October 17 1:00 pm Southwestern Louisiana * Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS W 24–1418,700 [10] October 24 1:00 pm Vanderbilt Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry ) W 42–1431,000 [11] October 31 6:00 pm No. 5 LSU Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry ) L 13–4256,500 [12] November 14 2:00 pm No. 18 Tennessee L 13–5594,237 [13] November 21 1:00 pm vs. Mississippi State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl ) L 20–3043,500 [14] *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1987 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Rich Adamcik WR 6 J.R. Ambrose Sr WR David Caldwell RB Chuck Cleveland QB John Darnell RB Willie Goodloe WR 1 Willie Green So WR Reid Hines WR Jeffrey Holder TE Robert Holladay OL Danny Hoskins OL Todd Irvin OL Derek King OL James King TE Greg Lee WR Bobby Martin RB Gerald McAllister RB Ronnie McKinney OL Dawson Pruett OL Jay Schimmel TE Shawn Sowder RB Shawn Sykes RB Ed Thigpen RB Jim Earl Thomas QB 14 Mark Young Jr
Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Charles Childers
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
References [ edit ] ^ "1987 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . ^ "1987 Final Statistics" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2017. ^ "Ole Miss Is Banned From Bowl Games, TV for One Year for Illegal Recruiting" . Associated Press. December 6, 1986 – via LA Times. ^ "Memphis State scores shocker over Ole Miss, 16–10" . The Tennessean . September 6, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Arkansas whips Mississippi, 31–10" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . September 13, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Rebels knock Arkansas State" . The Sun Herald . September 20, 1987. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Green Wave rolls over Rebs" . Sun Herald . September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Georgia sub torpedoes Ole Miss" . The Sun Herald . October 4, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Higgs, Reese help vengeful Kentucky bury Ole Miss 35–6" . The Courier-Journal . October 11, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Mitchell's return impressive, but Cajuns still fall" . The Daily Advertiser . October 18, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Rebs overwhelm Vanderbilt 42–14" . Hattiesburg American . October 25, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "LSU rips Ole Miss 42–13" . The Clarion-Ledger . November 1, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Tennessee routs Mississippi 55–13" . The Palm Beach Post . November 15, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Freshman QB powers Bulldogs past Rebels" . The Greenwood Commonwealth . November 22, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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