1987 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1987 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–8 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	Billy Brewer (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Canty (2nd as OC, 10th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron Case (1st as DC, 5th overall season)
Home stadium	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1986 1988  →

1987 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Auburn $	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 LSU	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			10	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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 and TV ban after 1986. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	7:00 pm	at Memphis State *	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 10–16	64,187	[4]
September 12	6:00 pm	No. 13 Arkansas *	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	L 10–31	57,900	[5]
September 19	1:00 pm	Arkansas State *	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 47–10	24,000	[6]
September 26	7:00 pm	at Tulane *	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	L 24–31	40,302	[7]
October 3	1:00 pm	No. 20 Georgia	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 14–31	32,000	[8]
October 10	7:00 pm	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	L 6–35	57,832	[9]
October 17	1:00 pm	Southwestern Louisiana *	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 24–14	18,700	[10]
October 24	1:00 pm	Vanderbilt	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 42–14	31,000	[11]
October 31	6:00 pm	No. 5 LSU	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	L 13–42	56,500	[12]
November 14	2:00 pm	No. 18 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–55	94,237	[13]
November 21	1:00 pm	vs. Mississippi State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 20–30	43,500	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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 Pos. # Name Class LB 89 Tony Bennett So DL Lester Brinkley LB Shawn Cobb LB Bubba Dickey LB 66 Jeff Herrod Sr DL Lopaz Jones DB Derrick Lindsay DB Chris Mitchell DB Stevon Moore DB Howard Moss DB Don Price DB Todd Sandroni DL Arthur Scott DL Darryl Smith LB Robert Smith DE 80 Wesley Walls Jr DL Dan Wigley	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Charles Childers	Head coach Billy Brewer Coordinators/assistant coaches Keith Daniels (Running backs coach) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "1987 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
2. "1987 Final Statistics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2017.
3. "Ole Miss Is Banned From Bowl Games, TV for One Year for Illegal Recruiting". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. December 6, 1986. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
4. "Memphis State scores shocker over Ole Miss, 16–10". The Tennessean. September 6, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Arkansas whips Mississippi, 31–10". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 13, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Rebels knock Arkansas State". The Sun Herald. September 20, 1987. Retrieved October 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Green Wave rolls over Rebs". Sun Herald. September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Georgia sub torpedoes Ole Miss". The Sun Herald. October 4, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Higgs, Reese help vengeful Kentucky bury Ole Miss 35–6". The Courier-Journal. October 11, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Mitchell's return impressive, but Cajuns still fall". The Daily Advertiser. October 18, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Rebs overwhelm Vanderbilt 42–14". Hattiesburg American. October 25, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
12. "LSU rips Ole Miss 42–13". The Clarion-Ledger. November 1, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
13. "Tennessee routs Mississippi 55–13". The Palm Beach Post. November 15, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
14. "Freshman QB powers Bulldogs past Rebels". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 22, 1987. Retrieved November 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.