1983 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1983 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the sport of American football during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first year for head coach Billy Brewer.[1][2]

1983 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1983 record6–6 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumVaught–Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
1983 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Auburn $ 6 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 4 Georgia 5 –1 –0  10 –1 –1
No. 6 Florida 4 –2 –0  9 –2 –1
Tennessee 4 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 15 Alabama 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Ole Miss 4 –2 –0  6 –6 –0
Kentucky 2 –4 –0  6 –5 –1
Mississippi State 1 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
LSU 0 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3at Memphis*
L 17–37
September 10at Tulane*
L 23–27
September 17at No. 12 Alabama
L 0–40
September 24Arkansas*
W 13–10
October 1Southern Miss*
L 7–27
October 8No. 11 Georgia
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS
L 11–36
October 15at TCU*
W 20–7
October 22Vanderbilt
  • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 21–14
October 29LSU
W 27–24
November 12at Tennessee
W 13–10
November 19vs. Mississippi State
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)
W 24–23
December 10vs. No. 16 Air Force*
L 3–9
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel
1983 Ole Miss Rebels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Kent Austin
RB Arthur Humphrey
RB Buford McGee
WR Timmy Moffett Jr
QB Kelly Powell
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
  Matthew Lovelady
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Neil Teevan
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    Season summary

    Mississippi State
    See also: 1983 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team and Mississippi–Mississippi State football rivalry
    Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Ole Miss Rebels
    1 2 34Total
    Ole Miss 0 7 01724
    Mississippi St 3 14 6023

    at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, Mississippi

    • Date: November 19, 1983
    • Game attendance: 59,758
    • [3]

    "The Immaculate Deflection" - Artie Crosby missed a 27-yard field goal attempt with 24 seconds left when 40 mile-per-hour winds knocked down the football before it could pass the crossbar.

    Ole Miss received a bid to play in the Independence Bowl.[4]

    References
    1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi/1983-schedule.html
    2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    3. Gainesville Sun. 1983 Nov 20. Retrieved 2019-Nov-26.


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