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1963 Mississippi State

7–⁠2–⁠2 (4–⁠1–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Paul Davis.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1963, game by game: won vs. Samford 43–0; tied at Florida 9–9; won at Tennessee 7–0; won vs. Tulane 31–10; won vs. Houston 20–0; lost at Memphis 10–17; lost at No. 7 Alabama 19–20; won vs. No. 5 Auburn 13–10; won vs. LSU 7–6; tied vs. No. 3 Ole Miss 10–10; won vs. NC State 16–12+43−7Won 43–0 vs. Samford+43SamfordTied 9–9 at Florida0FloridaWon 7–0 at Tennessee+7TennesseeWon 31–10 vs. Tulane+21TulaneWon 20–0 vs. Houston+20HoustonLost 10–17 at Memphis-7MemphisLost 19–20 at No. 7 Alabama-1No. 7 AlabamaWon 13–10 vs. No. 5 Auburn+3No. 5 AuburnWon 7–6 vs. LSU+1LSUTied 10–10 vs. No. 3 Ole Miss0No. 3 Ole MissWon 16–12 vs. NC State+4NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSamfordW 43–⁠092%
Sep 28atFloridaT 9–⁠930%
Oct 5atTennesseeW 7–⁠035%
Oct 12vsTulaneW 31–⁠1079%
Oct 19vsHoustonW 20–⁠065%
Oct 26atMemphisL 10–⁠1725%
Nov 2at7AlabamaL 19–⁠2019%
Nov 9vs5AuburnW 13–⁠1042%
Nov 16vsLSUW 7–⁠639%
Nov 30vs3Ole MissT 10–⁠1027%
Dec 21Bowls & playoffvsNC StateLiberty BowlW 16–⁠1248%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 16–⁠12 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 30th-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 1963.

Record
7–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
185–⁠94
Coach
Paul Davis
Elo
1573 +104 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.4 No. 16 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 3Ode Burrell BGreen Bay Packers
Rd 4Ode Burrell RBHouston Oilers (AFL)

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Tommy NevilleOTAP-1; UPI-2
  • Pat WatsonC

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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