Ole Miss

SEC · 1981 Season · Final

Season

Failing ＋

Record

4–6–1

0.409 Win %

Conference

7th

1–5 in SEC

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons

121

1902–2026

All-Time Record

705–533–34

0.568 Win %

Peak Final Rank

1960

#1 Finishes

Top 5: 7 · Top 10: 11 · Top 25: 33

12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons · 1 Top 10
Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons
Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 5 Top 10 · 1× #1
AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 4 Top 10
Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 29 seasons
Pioneer Era · 2 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Ole Miss head-to-head · History & Eras

1981 Schedule & Results

Wk	Date	Opponent	Conf	Opp. Record	Result
2	Week 2 · Sep 8	Tulane (TULANE)H2H	IND FBSI	6–5	W 19–18
3	Week 3 · Sep 15	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)H2H	IND FBSI	6–6	W 20–13
4	Week 4 · Sep 22	Memphis (MEMPHIS)H2H	IND FBSI	1–10	W 7–3
5	Week 5 · Sep 29	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)H2H	IND SWC	8–4	L 13–27
6	Week 6 · Oct 6	Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H	SEC	9–2–1	L 7–38
7	Week 7 · Oct 13	Georgia (GEORGIA)H2H	SEC	10–2	L 7–37
8	Week 8 · Oct 20	Florida (FLORIDA)H2H	SEC	7–5	L 3–49
9	Week 9 · Oct 27	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H	SEC	4–7	L 23–27
10	Week 10 · Nov 3	LSU H2H	SEC	3–7–1	T 27–27
12	Week 12 · Nov 17	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)H2H	SEC	8–4	L 20–28
13	Week 13 · Nov 24	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)H2H	SEC	8–4	W 21–17

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum

3.904

Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins

-3

-24+21

Mississippi State +8
Tulane +6
South Carolina +6
Memphis +1
LSU 0
Alabama -2
Georgia -2
Arkansas -4
Tennessee -4
Florida -5
Vanderbilt -7

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing

Rank #85Better than 39%

Win % Place 90thBetter than 35%

0.409 Win % · Change -1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins

-14

-31

-30

-46

-4

-8

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.