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1984 Mississippi State

4–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Emory Bellard.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1984, game by game: won at Tulane 30–3; won vs. Colorado State 14–9; lost at Missouri 30–47; lost at Florida 12–27; won vs. Southern Miss 27–18; lost vs. No. 19 Kentucky 13–17; lost at Memphis 12–23; lost vs. No. 12 Auburn 21–24; lost vs. Alabama 20–24; won vs. No. 9 LSU 16–14; lost at Ole Miss 3–24+27−21Won 30–3 at Tulane+27TulaneWon 14–9 vs. Colorado State+5Colorado StateLost 30–47 at Missouri-17MissouriLost 12–27 at Florida-15FloridaWon 27–18 vs. Southern Miss+9Southern MissLost 13–17 vs. No. 19 Kentucky-4No. 19 KentuckyLost 12–23 at Memphis-11MemphisLost 21–24 vs. No. 12 Auburn-3No. 12 AuburnLost 20–24 vs. Alabama-4AlabamaWon 16–14 vs. No. 9 LSU+2No. 9 LSULost 3–24 at Ole Miss-21Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atTulaneW 30–⁠347%
Sep 8vsColorado StateW 14–⁠970%
Sep 22atMissouriL 30–⁠4740%
Sep 29atFloridaL 12–⁠2724%
Oct 6vsSouthern MissW 27–⁠1853%
Oct 13vs19KentuckyL 13–⁠1751%
Oct 20atMemphisL 12–⁠2333%
Oct 27vs12AuburnL 21–⁠2426%
Nov 3vsAlabamaL 20–⁠2446%
Nov 17vs9LSUW 16–⁠1436%
Nov 24atOle MissL 3–⁠2446%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 24–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
198–⁠230
Coach
Emory Bellard
Elo
1439 −35 this season
SP+ rating
-1.6 No. 69 of 106; offense No. 78, defense No. 51
SRS
2.8 No. 49 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Melvin Robertson

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Pat SwoopesDTAP-2; UPI

Second team

  • Danny SandersOGAP-2
  • Aaron PearsonLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠115
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠414
Georgia4–⁠27–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky3–⁠39–⁠319
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama2–⁠45–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠7

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