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1975 Mississippi State

6–⁠4–⁠1 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Tyler. Officially 2–⁠9. Mississippi State forfeited five games. The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–⁠4–⁠1, the results on the field.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “However, the NCAA later forced them to forfeit four of the wins and the tie due to having played an ineligible player.”

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1975, game by game: won at Memphis 17–7; lost at Georgia 6–28; lost vs. No. 19 Florida 10–27; won vs. Southern Miss 7–3; won at Rice 28–14; won vs. North Texas 15–12; won at Louisville 28–14; lost vs. No. 6 Alabama 10–21; tied at Auburn 21–21; won at LSU 16–6; lost vs. Ole Miss 7–13+14−22Won 17–7 at Memphis+10MemphisLost 6–28 at Georgia-22GeorgiaLost 10–27 vs. No. 19 Florida-17No. 19 FloridaWon 7–3 vs. Southern Miss+4Southern MissWon 28–14 at Rice+14RiceWon 15–12 vs. North Texas+3North TexasWon 28–14 at Louisville+14LouisvilleLost 10–21 vs. No. 6 Alabama-11No. 6 AlabamaTied 21–21 at Auburn0AuburnWon 16–6 at LSU+10LSULost 7–13 vs. Ole Miss-6Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atMemphisW 17–⁠746%
Sep 20atGeorgiaL 6–⁠2855%
Sep 27vs19FloridaL 10–⁠2754%
Oct 4vsSouthern MissW 7–⁠3forfeited66%
Oct 11atRiceW 28–⁠14forfeited50%
Oct 18vsNorth TexasW 15–⁠1275%
Oct 25atLouisvilleW 28–⁠14forfeited74%
Nov 1vs6AlabamaL 10–⁠2134%
Nov 8atAuburnT 21–⁠21forfeited42%
Nov 15atLSUW 16–⁠6forfeited52%
Nov 22vsOle MissL 7–⁠1357%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 35th-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 1975.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠166
Coach
Bob Tyler
Elo
1563 +2 this season
SP+ rating
12.4 No. 36 of 132; offense No. 67, defense No. 9
SRS
6.8 No. 40 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 2Jim Eidson OGDallas Cowboys
Rd 7Larry Buie DBLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

1 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Richard KeysCAP-1; UPI

Second team

  • Sam NicholsOGAP-2
  • Walter PackerRBAP-2
  • Harvey HullMGAP-2
  • Ray CostictLBAP-2
  • Stan BlackDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida5–⁠19–⁠3
Ole Miss5–⁠16–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
LSU1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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