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1982 Mississippi State

5–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Emory Bellard.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1982, game by game: won at Tulane 30–21; won vs. Arkansas State 31–10; won at Memphis 41–17; lost at No. 5 Florida 17–27; lost vs. No. 6 Georgia 22–29; lost at Southern Miss 14–20; lost at No. 17 Miami 14–31; lost vs. Auburn 17–35; lost vs. No. 9 Alabama 12–20; won vs. No. 6 LSU 27–24; won vs. Ole Miss 27–10+24−18Won 30–21 at Tulane+9TulaneWon 31–10 vs. Arkansas State+21Arkansas StateWon 41–17 at Memphis+24MemphisLost 17–27 at No. 5 Florida-10No. 5 FloridaLost 22–29 vs. No. 6 Georgia-7No. 6 GeorgiaLost 14–20 at Southern Miss-6Southern MissLost 14–31 at No. 17 Miami-17No. 17 MiamiLost 17–35 vs. Auburn-18AuburnLost 12–20 vs. No. 9 Alabama-8No. 9 AlabamaWon 27–24 vs. No. 6 LSU+3No. 6 LSUWon 27–10 vs. Ole Miss+17Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atTulaneW 30–⁠2150%
Sep 11vsArkansas StateW 31–⁠1075%
Sep 18atMemphisW 41–⁠1780%
Sep 25at5FloridaL 17–⁠2746%
Oct 2vs6GeorgiaL 22–⁠2945%
Oct 9atSouthern MissL 14–⁠2046%
Oct 16at17MiamiL 14–⁠3129%
Oct 23vsAuburnL 17–⁠3556%
Oct 30vs9AlabamaL 12–⁠2029%
Nov 13vs6LSUW 27–⁠2441%
Nov 20vsOle MissW 27–⁠1067%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 27–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
252–⁠244
Coach
Emory Bellard
Elo
1546 −35 this season
SP+ rating
9.8 No. 33 of 109; offense No. 31, defense No. 48
SRS
9.2 No. 31 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Melvin Robertson

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 1Michael Haddix RBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 3Glen Young WRPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Wayne HarrisOGAP-1; UPI
  • Danny KnightRBAP-2; UPI
  • Billy JacksonDTUPI

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠011–⁠14
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠111
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠314
Vanderbilt4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠38–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠38–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss0–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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