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1970 Mississippi State

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles Shira.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1970, game by game: won vs. Oklahoma State 14–13; lost at No. 14 Florida 13–34; won vs. Vanderbilt 20–6; won vs. Georgia 7–6; lost vs. Houston 14–31; won vs. No. 17 Texas Tech 20–16; won vs. Southern Miss 51–15; lost at Alabama 6–35; lost at No. 10 Auburn 0–56; lost at No. 9 LSU 7–38; won at No. 10 Ole Miss 19–14+36−56Won 14–13 vs. Oklahoma State+1Oklahoma StateLost 13–34 at No. 14 Florida-21No. 14 FloridaWon 20–6 vs. Vanderbilt+14VanderbiltWon 7–6 vs. Georgia+1GeorgiaLost 14–31 vs. Houston-17HoustonWon 20–16 vs. No. 17 Texas Tech+4No. 17 Texas TechWon 51–15 vs. Southern Miss+36Southern MissLost 6–35 at Alabama-29AlabamaLost 0–56 at No. 10 Auburn-56No. 10 AuburnLost 7–38 at No. 9 LSU-31No. 9 LSUWon 19–14 at No. 10 Ole Miss+5No. 10 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsOklahoma StateW 14–⁠1342%
Sep 19at14FloridaL 13–⁠3420%
Sep 26vsVanderbiltW 20–⁠634%
Oct 3vsGeorgiaW 7–⁠641%
Oct 10vsHoustonL 14–⁠3131%
Oct 17vs17Texas TechW 20–⁠1640%
Oct 24vsSouthern MissW 51–⁠1551%
Oct 31atAlabamaL 6–⁠3527%
Nov 7at10AuburnL 0–⁠5615%
Nov 14at9LSUL 7–⁠3816%
Nov 26at10Ole MissW 19–⁠1416%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 19–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 65th-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 1970.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠264
Coach
Charles Shira
Elo
1485 +79 this season
SP+ rating
5.1 No. 50 of 117; offense No. 59, defense No. 46
SRS
4.7 No. 51 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • David SmithWRAP-1; UPI

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠37
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Auburn5–⁠29–⁠210
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠420
Florida3–⁠37–⁠4
Georgia3–⁠35–⁠5
Mississippi State3–⁠46–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠72–⁠9

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