1981 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 1981 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1981 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
1981 record84 (42 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorMelvin Robertson (3rd season)
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1981 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Georgia + 6 0 0  10 2 0
No. 7 Alabama + 6 0 0  9 2 1
Mississippi State 4 2 0  8 4 0
Tennessee 3 3 0  8 4 0
Florida 3 3 0  7 5 0
Auburn 2 4 0  5 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 0  3 8 0
LSU 1 4 1  3 7 1
Ole Miss 1 5 1  4 6 1
Vanderbilt 1 5 0  4 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 5Memphis State*No. 14W 20–3
September 19VanderbiltNo. 14W 29–9
September 26FloridaNo. 12W 28–7
October 3Missouri*No. 9L 3–14
October 10at Colorado State*No. 19W 37–27
October 17No. 13 Miami (FL)*No. 16W 14–10
October 24at AuburnNo. 9W 21–17
October 31at No. 8 AlabamaNo. 7L 10–13
November 7vs. No. 20 Southern Miss*No. 15L 6–7
November 14at LSUW 17–9
November 21vs. Ole MissL 17–21
December 31vs. Kansas*W 10–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

  • QB John Bond, So.

References

  1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015


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