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1988 Mississippi State

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Rockey Felker.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1988, game by game: won vs. Louisiana Tech 21–14; lost at Vanderbilt 20–24; lost vs. No. 7 Georgia 35–42; lost at No. 20 Florida 0–17; lost at Memphis 10–31; lost at Southern Miss 21–38; lost at No. 10 Auburn 0–33; lost vs. No. 19 Alabama 34–53; lost vs. No. 12 LSU 3–20; lost at Tulane 22–27; lost at Ole Miss 6–33+7−33Won 21–14 vs. Louisiana Tech+7Louisiana TechLost 20–24 at Vanderbilt-4VanderbiltLost 35–42 vs. No. 7 Georgia-7No. 7 GeorgiaLost 0–17 at No. 20 Florida-17No. 20 FloridaLost 10–31 at Memphis-21MemphisLost 21–38 at Southern Miss-17Southern MissLost 0–33 at No. 10 Auburn-33No. 10 AuburnLost 34–53 vs. No. 19 Alabama-19No. 19 AlabamaLost 3–20 vs. No. 12 LSU-17No. 12 LSULost 22–27 at Tulane-5TulaneLost 6–33 at Ole Miss-27Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsLouisiana TechW 21–⁠1473%
Sep 10atVanderbiltL 20–⁠2445%
Sep 17vs7GeorgiaL 35–⁠4231%
Sep 24at20FloridaL 0–⁠1722%
Oct 1atMemphisL 10–⁠3147%
Oct 15atSouthern MissL 21–⁠3824%
Oct 22at10AuburnL 0–⁠3310%
Oct 29vs19AlabamaL 34–⁠5324%
Nov 12vs12LSUL 3–⁠2018%
Nov 19atTulaneL 22–⁠2735%
Nov 26atOle MissL 6–⁠3329%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 33–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠332
Coach
Rockey Felker
Elo
1329 −127 this season
SP+ rating
-15.8 No. 92 of 102; offense No. 87, defense No. 82
SRS
−10.3 No. 82 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Dyer Carlisle

1988 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠28
LSU6–⁠18–⁠419
Georgia5–⁠29–⁠315
Alabama4–⁠39–⁠317
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠55–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠71–⁠10

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