1981 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
American college football season
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 7–4 (5–2 MVC) |
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Home stadium | McAndrew Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Texas State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under sixth-year head coach Rey Dempsey, the team compiled a 7–4 record.[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 5 | at McNeese State* | L 12–27 | 20,065 | [2] | |||
September 12 | Wichita State | L 7–13 | 9,500 | [3] | |||
September 19 | Tennessee State* |
| L 14–17 | 12,500 | [4] | ||
September 26 | at Tulsa | W 36–34 | 18,943 | ||||
October 3 | Illinois State |
| W 14–3 | 14,900 | |||
October 10 | at West Texas State | W 29–22 | 9,950 | [5] | |||
October 17 | at Fresno State* | W 24–18 | 16,385 | ||||
October 24 | Southwestern Louisiana* |
| W 41–0 | 15,750 | |||
November 1 | at Indiana State |
| W 17–3 | 8,432 | [6] | ||
November 7 | Drake |
| L 17–22 | 17,000 | |||
November 14 | at New Mexico State | W 23–15 | 13,076 | [7] | |||
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References
- ^ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 118. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "McNeese State tops Southern Illinois". The Pantagraph. September 6, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Victory slips from Salukis". Southern Illinoisan. September 13, 1981. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Last-second kick beats Southern Illinois, 17–14". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 20, 1981. Retrieved February 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Salukis pull out another one, 29–22". Southern Illinoisan. October 11, 1981. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SIU–C downs Indiana State". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 2, 1981. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ags cough up 23–15 verdict". The El Paso Times. November 15, 1981. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.