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1964 Mississippi State

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Paul Davis.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1964, game by game: lost at Texas Tech 7–21; lost vs. Florida 13–16; lost at Tennessee 13–14; won vs. Tulane 17–6; won vs. Southern Miss 48–7; won vs. Houston 18–13; lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 6–23; lost at Auburn 3–12; lost at No. 9 LSU 10–14; won at Ole Miss 20–17+41−17Lost 7–21 at Texas Tech-14Texas TechLost 13–16 vs. Florida-3FloridaLost 13–14 at Tennessee-1TennesseeWon 17–6 vs. Tulane+11TulaneWon 48–7 vs. Southern Miss+41Southern MissWon 18–13 vs. Houston+5HoustonLost 6–23 vs. No. 3 Alabama-17No. 3 AlabamaLost 3–12 at Auburn-9AuburnLost 10–14 at No. 9 LSU-4No. 9 LSUWon 20–17 at Ole Miss+3Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atTexas TechL 7–⁠2157%
Sep 26vsFloridaL 13–⁠1648%
Oct 3atTennesseeL 13–⁠1440%
Oct 10vsTulaneW 17–⁠675%
Oct 17vsSouthern MissW 48–⁠755%
Oct 24vsHoustonW 18–⁠1371%
Oct 31vs3AlabamaL 6–⁠2333%
Nov 7atAuburnL 3–⁠1237%
Nov 14at9LSUL 10–⁠1425%
Dec 5atOle MissW 20–⁠1722%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 49th-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 1964.

Led the nationDan Bland: kickoff return yards (558 yds)

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
155–⁠143
Coach
Paul Davis
Elo
1535 −14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.5 No. 33 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Tom NevilleDT
  • Pat WatsonMG

Second team

  • Tommy InmanEAP-2; UPI-3
  • Justin CanaleOGAP-2; UPI-3
  • Marcus RhodenRBAP-2
  • Hoyle GrangerFBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠010–⁠11
Florida4–⁠27–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠25–⁠5
LSU4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠17
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Ole Miss2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tennessee1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠43–⁠7

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