1958 Mississippi State

3–⁠6 (1–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wade Walker.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1958, game by game: won at No. 18 Florida 14–7; lost at Tennessee 8–13; won vs. Memphis 28–6; won vs. Arkansas State 38–0; lost vs. Alabama 7–9; lost at Kentucky 12–33; lost at No. 5 Auburn 14–33; lost vs. No. 1 LSU 6–7; lost at No. 13 Ole Miss 0–21+38−21Won 14–7 at No. 18 Florida+7No. 18 FloridaLost 8–13 at Tennessee-5TennesseeWon 28–6 vs. Memphis+22MemphisWon 38–0 vs. Arkansas State+38Arkansas StateLost 7–9 vs. Alabama-2AlabamaLost 12–33 at Kentucky-21KentuckyLost 14–33 at No. 5 Auburn-19No. 5 AuburnLost 6–7 vs. No. 1 LSU-1No. 1 LSULost 0–21 at No. 13 Ole Miss-21No. 13 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27at18FloridaW 14–⁠736%
Oct 4atTennesseeL 8–⁠1340%
Oct 11vsMemphisW 28–⁠683%
Oct 18vsArkansas StateW 38–⁠094%
Oct 25vsAlabamaL 7–⁠979%
Nov 1atKentuckyL 12–⁠3358%
Nov 8at5AuburnL 14–⁠3321%
Nov 15vs1LSUL 6–⁠733%
Nov 29at13Ole MissL 0–⁠2121%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 6: 19
  5. Wk 10: 18

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 1958.

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠6 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
127–⁠129
Coach
Wade Walker
Elo
1497 −57 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.2 No. 40 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 1Billy Stacy SChicago Cardinals

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU6–⁠011–⁠01
Auburn6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠14
Ole Miss3–⁠29–⁠211
Vanderbilt2–⁠1–⁠35–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee4–⁠34–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠114
Georgia Tech2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠63–⁠6

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