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1971 Mississippi State

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles Shira.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1971, game by game: lost at Oklahoma State 7–26; won vs. Florida 13–10; lost vs. Vanderbilt 19–49; lost at No. 11 Georgia 7–35; lost at Florida State 9–27; won vs. Lamar 24–7; lost at No. 18 Tennessee 7–10; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 10–41; lost at No. 5 Auburn 21–30; lost vs. No. 20 LSU 3–28; lost vs. No. 18 Ole Miss 0–48+17−48Lost 7–26 at Oklahoma State-19Oklahoma StateWon 13–10 vs. Florida+3FloridaLost 19–49 vs. Vanderbilt-30VanderbiltLost 7–35 at No. 11 Georgia-28No. 11 GeorgiaLost 9–27 at Florida State-18Florida StateWon 24–7 vs. Lamar+17LamarLost 7–10 at No. 18 Tennessee-3No. 18 TennesseeLost 10–41 vs. No. 4 Alabama-31No. 4 AlabamaLost 21–30 at No. 5 Auburn-9No. 5 AuburnLost 3–28 vs. No. 20 LSU-25No. 20 LSULost 0–48 vs. No. 18 Ole Miss-48No. 18 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atOklahoma StateL 7–⁠2643%
Sep 18vsFloridaW 13–⁠1049%
Sep 25vsVanderbiltL 19–⁠4961%
Oct 2at11GeorgiaL 7–⁠3520%
Oct 9atFlorida StateL 9–⁠2718%
Oct 16vsLamarW 24–⁠787%
Oct 23at18TennesseeL 7–⁠1015%
Oct 30vs4AlabamaL 10–⁠4118%
Nov 6at5AuburnL 21–⁠3011%
Nov 13vs20LSUL 3–⁠2825%
Nov 25vs18Ole MissL 0–⁠4827%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 111th-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 1971.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
120–⁠311
Coach
Charles Shira
Elo
1366 −124 this season
SP+ rating
-1.2 No. 71 of 120; offense No. 73, defense No. 70
SRS
−2.9 No. 81 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Frank DowsingDBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠14
Georgia5–⁠111–⁠17
Auburn5–⁠19–⁠212
Ole Miss4–⁠210–⁠215
Tennessee4–⁠210–⁠29
LSU3–⁠29–⁠311
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Florida1–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky1–⁠63–⁠8
Mississippi State1–⁠72–⁠9

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