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1987 Ole Miss Rebels football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1987

| team = Ole Miss Rebels

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Southeastern Conference

| short_conf = SEC

| record = 3–8

| conf_record = 1–5

| head_coach = Billy Brewer

| hc_year = 5th

| off_coach = Bill Canty

| oc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Ron Case

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

}}

{{1987 Southeastern Conference football standings}}

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.{{Cite web |title=1987 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/mississippi/1987-schedule.html |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}} Star players included Mark Young and Willie Green. The team beat Arkansas State, Southwestern Louisiana, and Vanderbilt.{{cite web |title=1987 Final Statistics |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/ole/graphics/oldstats/1987-football-stats.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908162541/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/ole/graphics/oldstats/1987-football-stats.pdf |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |url-status=dead}} The team was hit with a bowl ban and TV ban after 1986.{{Cite web |date=6 December 1986 |title=Ole Miss Is Banned From Bowl Games, TV for One Year for Illegal Recruiting |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-06-sp-1570-story.html |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Los Angeles Times|agency=Associated Press}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1987

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 5

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Memphis State

| site_stadium = Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Memphis, TN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 10–16

| attend = 64,187

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-memphis-state-scores-shoc/135017165/|work=The Tennessean|title=Memphis State scores shocker over Ole Miss, 16–10|date=September 6, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 12

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Arkansas

| opprank = 13

| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Jackson, MS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 10–31

| attend = 57,900

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-arkansas-whips/135017266/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Arkansas whips Mississippi, 31–10|date=September 13, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 19

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Arkansas State

| site_stadium = Vaught–Hemingway Stadium

| site_cityst = Oxford, MS

| score = 47–10

| attend = 24,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110922943/rebels-knock-arkansas-state/|work=The Sun Herald|title=Rebels knock Arkansas State|date=September 20, 1987|accessdate=October 8, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Tulane

| site_stadium = Louisiana Superdome

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 24–31

| attend = 40,302

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94462059/green-wave-rolls-over-rebs/|work=Sun Herald|title=Green Wave rolls over Rebs|date=September 27, 1987|accessdate=February 7, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = l

| opponent = Georgia

| opprank = 20

| site_stadium = Vaught–Hemingway Stadium

| site_cityst = Oxford, MS

| score = 14–31

| attend = 32,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-herald-georgia-sub-torpedoes-ole-mis/135010000/|work=The Sun Herald|title=Georgia sub torpedoes Ole Miss|date=October 4, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Kentucky

| site_stadium = Commonwealth Stadium

| site_cityst = Lexington, KY

| score = 6–35

| attend = 57,832

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-higgs-reese-help-ve/135013494/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Higgs, Reese help vengeful Kentucky bury Ole Miss 35–6|date=October 11, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Southwestern Louisiana

| site_stadium = Vaught–Hemingway Stadium

| site_cityst = Oxford, MS

| score = 24–14

| attend = 18,700

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advertiser-mitchells-return-i/135017471/|work=The Daily Advertiser|title=Mitchell's return impressive, but Cajuns still fall|date=October 18, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Vaught–Hemingway Stadium

| site_cityst = Oxford, MS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 42–14

| attend = 31,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-rebs-overwhelm-vand/135016657/|work=Hattiesburg American|title=Rebs overwhelm Vanderbilt 42–14|date=October 25, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = l

| opponent = LSU

| opprank = 5

| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Jackson, MS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 13–42

| attend = 56,500

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-lsu-rips-ole-miss-4213/135006193/|work=The Clarion-Ledger|title=LSU rips Ole Miss 42–13|date=November 1, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| opponent = Tennessee

| opprank = 18

| site_stadium = Neyland Stadium

| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 13–55

| attend = 94,237

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-tennessee-routs-miss/135008642/|work=The Palm Beach Post|title=Tennessee routs Mississippi 55–13|date=November 15, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 21

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Mississippi State

| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Jackson, MS

| gamename = Egg Bowl

| score = 20–30

| attend = 43,500

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenwood-commonwealth-freshman-qb-p/135015888/|work=The Greenwood Commonwealth|title=Freshman QB powers Bulldogs past Rebels|date=November 22, 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

}}

Roster

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|offensive_players=

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{{American football roster/Player|num=6|class=Sr|first=J.R.|last=Ambrose|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=David|last=Caldwell|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Chuck|last=Cleveland|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=John|last=Darnell|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Willie|last=Goodloe|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=1|class=So|first=Willie|last=Green|dab=Willie Green (American football)|pos=WR|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Reid|last=Hines|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jeffrey|last=Holder|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Robert|last=Holladay|pos=TE}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Danny|last=Hoskins|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Todd|last=Irvin|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Derek|last=King|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=James|last=King|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Greg|last=Lee|pos=TE}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Bobby|last=Martin|pos=WR}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Gerald|last=McAllister|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Ronnie|last=McKinney|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dawson|last=Pruett|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jay|last=Schimmel|pos=OL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Shawn|last=Sowder|pos=TE}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Shawn|last=Sykes|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Ed|last=Thigpen|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Jim Earl|last=Thomas|pos=RB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=14|class=Jr|first=Mark|last=Young|pos=QB}}

|defensive_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=89|class=So|first=Tony|last=Bennett|dab=Tony Bennett (American football)|pos=LB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Lester|last=Brinkley|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Shawn|last=Cobb|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Bubba|last=Dickey|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=66|class=Sr|first=Jeff|last=Herrod|pos=LB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Lopaz|last=Jones|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Derrick|last=Lindsay|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Chris|last=Mitchell|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Stevon|last=Moore|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Howard|last=Moss|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Don|last=Price|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Todd|last=Sandroni|pos=DB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Arthur|last=Scott|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Darryl|last=Smith|pos=DL}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Robert|last=Smith|pos=LB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=80|class=Jr|first=Wesley|last=Walls|pos=DE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Dan|last=Wigley|pos=DL}}

|special_teams_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=Charles|last=Childers|pos=P}}

}}

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==References==

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