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1974 Mississippi State

9–⁠3 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Tyler, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1974, game by game: won vs. William & Mary 49–7; won vs. Georgia 38–14; lost at Florida 13–29; won vs. Kansas State 21–16; won at Lamar 37–21; won at Memphis 29–28; won vs. Louisville 56–7; lost at No. 4 Alabama 0–35; lost vs. No. 10 Auburn 20–24; won vs. LSU 7–6; won vs. Ole Miss 31–13; won vs. North Carolina 26–24+49−35Won 49–7 vs. William & Mary+42William & MaryWon 38–14 vs. Georgia+24GeorgiaLost 13–29 at Florida-16FloridaWon 21–16 vs. Kansas State+5Kansas StateWon 37–21 at Lamar+16LamarWon 29–28 at Memphis+1MemphisWon 56–7 vs. Louisville+49LouisvilleLost 0–35 at No. 4 Alabama-35No. 4 AlabamaLost 20–24 vs. No. 10 Auburn-4No. 10 AuburnWon 7–6 vs. LSU+1LSUWon 31–13 vs. Ole Miss+18Ole MissWon 26–24 vs. North Carolina+2North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsWilliam & MaryW 49–⁠764%
Sep 21vsGeorgiaW 38–⁠1444%
Sep 28atFloridaL 13–⁠2939%
Oct 5vsKansas StateW 21–⁠1654%
Oct 12atLamarW 37–⁠2161%
Oct 19atMemphisW 29–⁠2841%
Oct 26vsLouisvilleW 56–⁠770%
Nov 2at4AlabamaL 0–⁠3518%
Nov 9vs10AuburnL 20–⁠2451%
Nov 16vsLSUW 7–⁠654%
Nov 23vsOle MissW 31–⁠1366%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsNorth CarolinaSun BowlW 26–⁠2459%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 26–⁠24 in the Sun Bowl; No. 17 in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 17
  2. Final: 17

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 1974.

Consensus All-AmericanJimmy Webb, DE

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 17
Points
327–⁠224
Coach
Bob Tyler
Elo
1591 +117 this season
SP+ rating
20.8 No. 11 of 124; offense No. 8, defense No. 32
SRS
14.1 No. 19 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 1Jimmy Webb DTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Steve Freeman DBNew England Patriots

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Rockey FelkerQBAP-1; UPI
  • Walter PackerRBAP-1
  • Jimmy WebbDTAP-1; UPI

Second team

  • Sam NicholsOGAP-2
  • Harvey HullLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠15
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠28
Georgia4–⁠26–⁠6
Mississippi State3–⁠39–⁠317
Florida3–⁠38–⁠415
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠2
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠220
LSU2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠63–⁠8

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