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American college football season
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.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 |
Southern Illinois* | | W 27–12 | 20,065 |
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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* | - Cowboy Stadium
- Lake Charles, LA
| L 24–31 | 20,850 |
[4] |
October 10 | at
Northwestern State* | | W 42–21 | |
[5] |
October 17 |
Northeast Louisiana* | - Cowboy Stadium
- Lake Charles, LA
| W 41–25 | |
[6] |
October 24 |
Arkansas State | - Cowboy Stadium
- Lake Charles, LA
| W 21–7 | 21,254 |
[7] |
October 31 | at
Lamar | | T 20–20 | |
[8] |
November 7 |
Louisiana Tech | - Cowboy Stadium
- Lake Charles, LA
| 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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"McNeese State tops Southern Illinois". The Pantagraph. September 6, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"BSU tops McNeese St. behind Freed, 24–21". The Indianapolis Star. September 13, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"McNeese steamrolls NSU, Jordan scores four TD's". The Daily Advertiser. September 20, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"West Texas State defeats McNeese". The Daily Advertiser. October 4, 1981. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Northwestern thrashed by McNeese". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 11, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"McNeese has strong showing". Daily World. October 18, 1981. p. 6B. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Buford heroics key Cowboys past Indians". The Daily Advertiser. October 25, 1981. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"McNeese 20, Lamar 20". The Odessa American. November 1, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"McClendon, Jordan pace McNeese over La. Tech". The Town Talk. November 8, 1981. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"UTA given reprieve". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 15, 1981. p. B1. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"McNeese puts the freeze to USL". Daily World. November 22, 1981. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"1981 McNeese State Cowboys Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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"McNeese State - 2018FB MG (PDF)" (PDF). McNeese State Sports. Retrieved January 28, 2019. pg. 76
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- Killen Field (1951–1953)
- Wildcat Stadium (1954–1964)
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Cowboy Stadium (1965–present)
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