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1968 Mississippi State

0–⁠8–⁠2 (0–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles Shira.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1968, game by game: lost vs. Louisiana Tech 13–20; lost vs. Auburn 0–26; lost at No. 4 Florida 14–31; lost vs. Southern Miss 14–47; tied at No. 15 Texas Tech 28–28; lost at Tampa 17–24; lost at Alabama 13–20; lost vs. Florida State 14–27; lost at LSU 16–20; tied at Ole Miss 17–17+7−33Lost 13–20 vs. Louisiana Tech-7Louisiana TechLost 0–26 vs. Auburn-26AuburnLost 14–31 at No. 4 Florida-17No. 4 FloridaLost 14–47 vs. Southern Miss-33Southern MissTied 28–28 at No. 15 Texas Tech0No. 15 Texas TechLost 17–24 at Tampa-7TampaLost 13–20 at Alabama-7AlabamaLost 14–27 vs. Florida State-13Florida StateLost 16–20 at LSU-4LSUTied 17–17 at Ole Miss0Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsLouisiana TechL 13–⁠2086%
Sep 28vsAuburnL 0–⁠2636%
Oct 5at4FloridaL 14–⁠3114%
Oct 12vsSouthern MissL 14–⁠4729%
Oct 19at15Texas TechT 28–⁠2814%
Oct 26atTampaL 17–⁠2434%
Nov 2atAlabamaL 13–⁠208%
Nov 9vsFlorida StateL 14–⁠2721%
Nov 16atLSUL 16–⁠2012%
Nov 30atOle MissT 17–⁠1711%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Ole Miss 17–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 122nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
0–⁠8–⁠2
Conference
0–⁠4–⁠1 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
146–⁠260
Coach
Charles Shira
Elo
1293 −105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.7 No. 72 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

  • Sammy MilnerWRAP-1; UPI
  • Tommy PharrQBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠28
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠113
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠317
Auburn4–⁠27–⁠416
Ole Miss3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
LSU2–⁠28–⁠319
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠4–⁠10–⁠8–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠7

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