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1980 Ole Miss

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Steve Sloan.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1980, game by game: lost vs. Texas A&M 20–23; won vs. Memphis 61–7; lost vs. No. 1 Alabama 35–59; lost vs. Tulane 24–26; lost at Southern Miss 22–28; lost at No. 6 Georgia 21–28; lost vs. Florida 3–15; won at Vanderbilt 27–14; lost at LSU 16–38; won vs. Tennessee 20–9; lost at No. 17 Mississippi State 14–19+54−24Lost 20–23 vs. Texas A&M-3Texas A&MWon 61–7 vs. Memphis+54MemphisLost 35–59 vs. No. 1 Alabama-24No. 1 AlabamaLost 24–26 vs. Tulane-2TulaneLost 22–28 at Southern Miss-6Southern MissLost 21–28 at No. 6 Georgia-7No. 6 GeorgiaLost 3–15 vs. Florida-12FloridaWon 27–14 at Vanderbilt+13VanderbiltLost 16–38 at LSU-22LSUWon 20–9 vs. Tennessee+11TennesseeLost 14–19 at No. 17 Mississippi State-5No. 17 Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsTexas A&ML 20–⁠2342%
Sep 13vsMemphisW 61–⁠764%
Sep 20vs1AlabamaL 35–⁠5926%
Sep 27vsTulaneL 24–⁠2651%
Oct 4atSouthern MissL 22–⁠2823%
Oct 11at6GeorgiaL 21–⁠2824%
Oct 18vsFloridaL 3–⁠1553%
Oct 25atVanderbiltW 27–⁠1461%
Nov 1atLSUL 16–⁠3824%
Nov 15vsTennesseeW 20–⁠936%
Nov 22at17Mississippi StateL 14–⁠1925%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 19–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠266
Coach
Steve Sloan
Elo
1457 −24 this season
SP+ rating
4.4 No. 58 of 133; offense No. 33, defense No. 88
SRS
6.4 No. 42 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Cropp
Defensive coordinator
Paul Crane

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 7Ken Toler WRNew England Patriots

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • John FourcadeQBAP-2; UPI

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠012–⁠01
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠26
Mississippi State5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida4–⁠28–⁠4
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠35–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠53–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠53–⁠8
Auburn0–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.