1981 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team
American college football season
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The 1981 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team represented Southwest Missouri State University (now known as Missouri State University) as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (Mid-Con) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Rich Johanningmeier, the Bears compiled an overall record of 3–5–2, with a mark of 0–3 in conference play, and finished last in the Mid-Con.
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| Conference | Association of Mid-Continent Universities |
| Record | 3–5–2 (0–3 Mid-Con) |
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| Home stadium | Briggs Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | at Eastern Illinois | L 14–23 | [1] | ||
| September 19 | Harding* | W 21–18 | [2] | ||
| September 26 | at Western Illinois | L 7–19 | 9,003 | [3] | |
| October 3 | Southeast Missouri State* |
| W 23–11 | 6,900 | [4] |
| October 10 | at Central Missouri State* | T 6–6 | 8,000 | [5] | |
| October 24 | Northern Iowa |
| L 17–20 | [6] | |
| October 31 | at Northeast Missouri State* |
| L 20–27 | [7] | |
| November 7 | North Alabama* |
| L 21–28 | [8] | |
| November 14 | at Lincoln (MO)* |
| W 47–7 | [9] | |
| November 21 | at Nicholls State* | T 20–20 | 3,035 | [10] | |
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