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1989 Mississippi State

5–⁠6 (1–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Rockey Felker.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Vanderbilt 42–7; won at No. 18 Southern Miss 26–23; lost at Georgia 6–23; lost vs. Florida 0–21; won vs. UL Monroe 28–14; won vs. Memphis 35–10; lost at No. 16 Auburn 0–14; lost at No. 5 Alabama 10–23; won vs. Tulane 27–7; lost at LSU 20–44; lost at Ole Miss 11–21+35−24Won 42–7 vs. Vanderbilt+35VanderbiltWon 26–23 at No. 18 Southern Miss+3No. 18 Southern MissLost 6–23 at Georgia-17GeorgiaLost 0–21 vs. Florida-21FloridaWon 28–14 vs. UL Monroe+14UL MonroeWon 35–10 vs. Memphis+25MemphisLost 0–14 at No. 16 Auburn-14No. 16 AuburnLost 10–23 at No. 5 Alabama-13No. 5 AlabamaWon 27–7 vs. Tulane+20TulaneLost 20–44 at LSU-24LSULost 11–21 at Ole Miss-10Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsVanderbiltW 42–⁠751%
Sep 9at18Southern MissW 26–⁠2320%
Sep 23atGeorgiaL 6–⁠2320%
Sep 30vsFloridaL 0–⁠2133%
Oct 7vsUL MonroeW 28–⁠1476%
Oct 21vsMemphisW 35–⁠1055%
Oct 28at16AuburnL 0–⁠1417%
Nov 4at5AlabamaL 10–⁠2313%
Nov 11vsTulaneW 27–⁠764%
Nov 18atLSUL 20–⁠4435%
Nov 25atOle MissL 11–⁠2134%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 21–⁠11; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 25
Record
5–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠6 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
205–⁠207
Coach
Rockey Felker
Elo
1426 +40 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 51 of 103; offense No. 86, defense No. 21
SRS
4.5 No. 40 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Keith Daniels
Defensive coordinator
Jim Carmody

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 4Jesse Anderson TETampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 6James Williams LBNew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Mike RileyPAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠111–⁠15
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠26
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠29
Ole Miss4–⁠38–⁠4
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠56–⁠5
LSU2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠71–⁠10

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