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1978 Mississippi State

6–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Tyler.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1978, game by game: won vs. West Texas 28–0; won vs. North Texas 17–5; won at Memphis 44–14; lost at Florida 0–34; lost at Southern Miss 17–22; won vs. No. 15 Florida State 55–27; won vs. Tennessee 34–21; lost at No. 3 Alabama 14–35; lost vs. Auburn 0–6; won vs. No. 17 LSU 16–14; lost at Ole Miss 7–27+30−34Won 28–0 vs. West Texas+28West TexasWon 17–5 vs. North Texas+12North TexasWon 44–14 at Memphis+30MemphisLost 0–34 at Florida-34FloridaLost 17–22 at Southern Miss-5Southern MissWon 55–27 vs. No. 15 Florida State+28No. 15 Florida StateWon 34–21 vs. Tennessee+13TennesseeLost 14–35 at No. 3 Alabama-21No. 3 AlabamaLost 0–6 vs. Auburn-6AuburnWon 16–14 vs. No. 17 LSU+2No. 17 LSULost 7–27 at Ole Miss-20Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsWest TexasW 28–⁠064%
Sep 9vsNorth TexasW 17–⁠543%
Sep 23atMemphisW 44–⁠1449%
Sep 30atFloridaL 0–⁠3458%
Oct 7atSouthern MissL 17–⁠2256%
Oct 14vs15Florida StateW 55–⁠2746%
Oct 28vsTennesseeW 34–⁠2169%
Nov 4at3AlabamaL 14–⁠3524%
Nov 11vsAuburnL 0–⁠669%
Nov 18vs17LSUW 16–⁠1450%
Nov 25atOle MissL 7–⁠2759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 45th-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 1978.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
232–⁠205
Coach
Bob Tyler
Elo
1542 +9 this season
SP+ rating
15.7 No. 21 of 133; offense No. 29, defense No. 18
SRS
10.3 No. 31 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jimmy Sharpe

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 7Henry Monroe DBGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1978 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠11
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠116
Auburn3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠38–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠34–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Ole Miss2–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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