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1977 Mississippi State

5–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Tyler. Officially 0–⁠11. Mississippi State forfeited five games. The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠6, the results on the field.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “The Bulldogs finished 5–⁠6 on the field, but were later forced to forfeit the wins due to having played an ineligible player.”

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1977, game by game: won vs. North Texas 17–15; won at Washington 27–18; lost vs. No. 13 Florida 22–24; won at Kansas State 24–21; lost at No. 16 Kentucky 7–23; lost at Memphis 13–21; lost vs. Southern Miss 7–14; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 7–37; won at Auburn 27–13; lost at LSU 24–27; won vs. Ole Miss 18–14+14−30Won 17–15 vs. North Texas+2North TexasWon 27–18 at Washington+9WashingtonLost 22–24 vs. No. 13 Florida-2No. 13 FloridaWon 24–21 at Kansas State+3Kansas StateLost 7–23 at No. 16 Kentucky-16No. 16 KentuckyLost 13–21 at Memphis-8MemphisLost 7–14 vs. Southern Miss-7Southern MissLost 7–37 vs. No. 2 Alabama-30No. 2 AlabamaWon 27–13 at Auburn+14AuburnLost 24–27 at LSU-3LSUWon 18–14 vs. Ole Miss+4Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsNorth TexasW 17–⁠15forfeited69%
Sep 10atWashingtonW 27–⁠18forfeited58%
Sep 24vs13FloridaL 22–⁠2462%
Oct 1atKansas StateW 24–⁠21forfeited73%
Oct 8at16KentuckyL 7–⁠2344%
Oct 15atMemphisL 13–⁠2151%
Oct 22vsSouthern MissL 7–⁠1471%
Oct 29vs2AlabamaL 7–⁠3732%
Nov 5atAuburnW 27–⁠13forfeited46%
Nov 12atLSUL 24–⁠2739%
Nov 19vsOle MissW 18–⁠14forfeited52%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 18–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 12
  4. Wk 4: 18

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 1977.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
193–⁠227
Coach
Bob Tyler
Elo
1550 −47 this season
SP+ rating
14.5 No. 22 of 140; offense No. 37, defense No. 19
SRS
8.4 No. 39 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 3Dennis Johnson RBBuffalo Bills
Rd 5Bruce Threadgill DBSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Larry GillardDTAP-1; UPI

Second team

  • Mark TrogdonOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠12
Kentucky6–⁠010–⁠16
LSU4–⁠28–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠25–⁠6
Florida3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠6
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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