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1961 Mississippi State

5–⁠5 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wade Walker.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1961, game by game: won vs. Texas Tech 6–0; won at Houston 10–7; lost at Tennessee 3–17; won vs. Arkansas State 38–0; lost at Georgia 7–10; won at Memphis 23–16; lost at Alabama 0–24; won at Auburn 11–10; lost at LSU 6–14; lost vs. No. 2 Ole Miss 7–37+38−30Won 6–0 vs. Texas Tech+6Texas TechWon 10–7 at Houston+3HoustonLost 3–17 at Tennessee-14TennesseeWon 38–0 vs. Arkansas State+38Arkansas StateLost 7–10 at Georgia-3GeorgiaWon 23–16 at Memphis+7MemphisLost 0–24 at Alabama-24AlabamaWon 11–10 at Auburn+1AuburnLost 6–14 at LSU-8LSULost 7–37 vs. No. 2 Ole Miss-30No. 2 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsTexas TechW 6–⁠058%
Sep 30atHoustonW 10–⁠738%
Oct 7atTennesseeL 3–⁠1736%
Oct 14vsArkansas StateW 38–⁠090%
Oct 21atGeorgiaL 7–⁠1041%
Oct 28atMemphisW 23–⁠1622%
Nov 4atAlabamaL 0–⁠2418%
Nov 11atAuburnW 11–⁠1026%
Nov 18atLSUL 6–⁠1418%
Dec 2vs2Ole MissL 7–⁠3723%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 37–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
111–⁠135
Coach
Wade Walker
Elo
1479 +27 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.1 No. 34 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Johnny BakerEAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1961 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠01
LSU6–⁠010–⁠14
Ole Miss5–⁠19–⁠25
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠413
Tennessee4–⁠36–⁠4
Florida3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠55–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠62–⁠8

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