1951 Mississippi State
4–5 (2–5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Slick Morton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 13 Georgia 6–0Oct 6
Georgia was ranked No. 13, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs Arkansas State | W 32–0 | 91% |
| Sep 29 | at 1Tennessee | L 0–14 | 19% |
| Oct 6 | vs 13Georgia | W 6–0 | 40% |
| Oct 13 | at Kentucky | L 0–27 | 25% |
| Oct 27 | vs Alabama | L 0–7 | 49% |
| Nov 3 | at Tulane | W 10–7 | 32% |
| Nov 10 | at Memphis | W 27–20 | 86% |
| Nov 17 | at LSU | L 0–3 | 34% |
| Dec 1 | vs Ole Miss | L 7–49 | 45% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 49–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1951.
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 2–5 11th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 82–127
- Coach
- Slick Morton
- Elo
- 1424 −32 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 2.3 No. 56 of 116 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1952
The 1952 draft| Rd 7 | Joe Fortunato B | Chicago Bears |
| Rd 7 | John Pace OT | Cleveland Browns |
All-SEC
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Joe FortunatoLBAP-1
Second team
- Bill PyronOTAP-2; UP-3
From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1951 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Georgia Tech | 7–0 | 11–0–1 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 5–0 | 10–1 | 1 |
| LSU | 4–2–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Ole Miss | 4–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Kentucky | 3–3 | 8–4 | 15 |
 Auburn | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
 Vanderbilt | 3–5 | 6–5 | |
| Alabama | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Georgia | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
 Florida | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| Mississippi State | 2–5 | 4–5 | |
| Tulane | 1–5 | 4–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.