1981 McNeese State Cowboys football team
American college football season
| 1981 McNeese State Cowboys football | |
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 7–3–1 (3–1–1 Southland) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Hubert Boales (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Cowboy Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Ernie Duplechin in his third and final season as head coach, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 7–3–1 with a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the Southland.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | Southern Illinois* |
| W 27–12 | 20,065 | [1] |
| September 12 | at Ball State* | L 21–24 | 14,337 | [2] | |
| September 19 | at Nicholls State* | W 59–9 | 7,500 | [3] | |
| October 3 | West Texas State* |
| L 24–31 | 20,850 | [4] |
| October 10 | at Northwestern State* | W 42–21 | [5] | ||
| October 17 | Northeast Louisiana* |
| W 41–25 | [6] | |
| October 24 | Arkansas State |
| W 21–7 | 21,254 | [7] |
| October 31 | at Lamar |
| T 20–20 | [8] | |
| November 7 | Louisiana Tech |
| W 27–20 | 13,500 | [9] |
| November 14 | at Texas–Arlington | L 20–21 | 5,000 | [10] | |
| November 21 | at Southwestern Louisiana | W 14–7 | 19,173 | [11] | |
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References
- ^ "McNeese State tops Southern Illinois". The Pantagraph. September 6, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "BSU tops McNeese St. behind Freed, 24–21". The Indianapolis Star. September 13, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McNeese steamrolls NSU, Jordan scores four TD's". The Daily Advertiser. September 20, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "West Texas State defeats McNeese". The Daily Advertiser. October 4, 1981. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Northwestern thrashed by McNeese". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 11, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McNeese has strong showing". Daily World. October 18, 1981. p. 6B. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Buford heroics key Cowboys past Indians". The Daily Advertiser. October 25, 1981. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McNeese 20, Lamar 20". The Odessa American. November 1, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McClendon, Jordan pace McNeese over La. Tech". The Town Talk. November 8, 1981. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UTA given reprieve". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 15, 1981. p. B1. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McNeese puts the freeze to USL". Daily World. November 22, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1981 McNeese State Cowboys Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ "McNeese State - 2018FB MG (PDF)" (PDF). McNeese State Sports. Retrieved January 28, 2019. pg. 76
