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1957 Mississippi State

6–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wade Walker, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1957, game by game: won vs. Memphis 10–6; lost at Tennessee 9–14; won vs. Arkansas State 47–13; won at Florida 29–20; won at Alabama 25–13; won vs. Tulane 27–6; lost at No. 3 Auburn 7–15; won at LSU 14–6; tied vs. No. 7 Ole Miss 7–7+34−8Won 10–6 vs. Memphis+4MemphisLost 9–14 at Tennessee-5TennesseeWon 47–13 vs. Arkansas State+34Arkansas StateWon 29–20 at Florida+9FloridaWon 25–13 at Alabama+12AlabamaWon 27–6 vs. Tulane+21TulaneLost 7–15 at No. 3 Auburn-8No. 3 AuburnWon 14–6 at LSU+8LSUTied 7–7 vs. No. 7 Ole Miss0No. 7 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsMemphisW 10–⁠680%
Oct 5atTennesseeL 9–⁠1428%
Oct 12vsArkansas StateW 47–⁠1391%
Oct 19atFloridaW 29–⁠2029%
Oct 26atAlabamaW 25–⁠1366%
Nov 2vsTulaneW 27–⁠671%
Nov 9at3AuburnL 7–⁠1527%
Nov 16atLSUW 14–⁠649%
Nov 30vs7Ole MissT 7–⁠740%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Ole Miss 7–⁠7; No. 14 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 17
  2. Wk 9: 12
  3. Wk 10: 14
  4. Wk 11: 13
  5. Final: 14

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 1957.

Record
6–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 12
Points
175–⁠100
Coach
Wade Walker
Elo
1580 +84 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.7 No. 8 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Sam LathamOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.