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1965 Mississippi State

4–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Paul Davis.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1965, game by game: won at Houston 36–0; won at No. 8 Florida 18–13; won vs. Tampa 48–7; won vs. Southern Miss 27–9; lost at Memphis 13–33; lost at Tulane 15–17; lost vs. No. 10 Alabama 7–10; lost at Auburn 18–25; lost at LSU 20–37; lost vs. Ole Miss 0–21+41−21Won 36–0 at Houston+36HoustonWon 18–13 at No. 8 Florida+5No. 8 FloridaWon 48–7 vs. Tampa+41TampaWon 27–9 vs. Southern Miss+18Southern MissLost 13–33 at Memphis-20MemphisLost 15–17 at Tulane-2TulaneLost 7–10 vs. No. 10 Alabama-3No. 10 AlabamaLost 18–25 at Auburn-7AuburnLost 20–37 at LSU-17LSULost 0–21 vs. Ole Miss-21Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atHoustonW 36–⁠058%
Sep 25at8FloridaW 18–⁠1333%
Oct 2vsTampaW 48–⁠793%
Oct 9vsSouthern MissW 27–⁠966%
Oct 16atMemphisL 13–⁠3357%
Oct 22atTulaneL 15–⁠1763%
Oct 30vs10AlabamaL 7–⁠1035%
Nov 6atAuburnL 18–⁠2541%
Nov 13atLSUL 20–⁠3734%
Nov 27vsOle MissL 0–⁠2148%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 9
  2. Wk 5: 10

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 1965.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
202–⁠172
Coach
Paul Davis
Elo
1479 −44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.0 No. 32 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 3Dan Bland DBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 4Hoyle Granger RBBaltimore Colts

All-SEC

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠11
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Ole Miss5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee2–⁠1–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
LSU3–⁠38–⁠38
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8

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