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1967 Mississippi State

1–⁠9 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles Shira.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1967, game by game: lost at No. 7 Georgia 0–30; lost vs. Florida 7–24; won at No. 10 Texas Tech 7–3; lost vs. Southern Miss 14–21; lost vs. No. 9 Houston 6–43; lost at Florida State 12–24; lost at Alabama 0–13; lost at Auburn 0–36; lost at LSU 0–55; lost vs. Ole Miss 3–10+7−55Lost 0–30 at No. 7 Georgia-30No. 7 GeorgiaLost 7–24 vs. Florida-17FloridaWon 7–3 at No. 10 Texas Tech+4No. 10 Texas TechLost 14–21 vs. Southern Miss-7Southern MissLost 6–43 vs. No. 9 Houston-37No. 9 HoustonLost 12–24 at Florida State-12Florida StateLost 0–13 at Alabama-13AlabamaLost 0–36 at Auburn-36AuburnLost 0–55 at LSU-55LSULost 3–10 vs. Ole Miss-7Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23at7GeorgiaL 0–⁠3016%
Sep 30vsFloridaL 7–⁠2428%
Oct 7at10Texas TechW 7–⁠325%
Oct 14vsSouthern MissL 14–⁠2143%
Oct 21vs9HoustonL 6–⁠4328%
Oct 28atFlorida StateL 12–⁠2423%
Nov 4atAlabamaL 0–⁠1310%
Nov 11atAuburnL 0–⁠3619%
Nov 18atLSUL 0–⁠5515%
Dec 2vsOle MissL 3–⁠1021%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 10–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 117th-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 1967.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
49–⁠259
Coach
Charles Shira
Elo
1347 −81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.4 No. 81 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 6D.D. Lewis LBDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Glenn HigginsDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠09–⁠22
Alabama5–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Florida4–⁠26–⁠4
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠4
LSU3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠61–⁠9

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