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1990 Mississippi State

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

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1990, game by game: lost vs. No. 8 Tennessee 7–40; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 27–13; won vs. Southern Miss 13–10; lost at No. 17 Florida 21–34; lost at Kentucky 15–17; won at Tulane 38–17; lost vs. No. 2 Auburn 16–17; lost vs. Alabama 0–22; won at Memphis 27–23; won vs. LSU 34–22; lost at No. 21 Ole Miss 9–21+21−33Lost 7–40 vs. No. 8 Tennessee-33No. 8 TennesseeWon 27–13 vs. Cal State Fullerton+14Cal State Fulle…Won 13–10 vs. Southern Miss+3Southern MissLost 21–34 at No. 17 Florida-13No. 17 FloridaLost 15–17 at Kentucky-2KentuckyWon 38–17 at Tulane+21TulaneLost 16–17 vs. No. 2 Auburn-1No. 2 AuburnLost 0–22 vs. Alabama-22AlabamaWon 27–23 at Memphis+4MemphisWon 34–22 vs. LSU+12LSULost 9–21 at No. 21 Ole Miss-12No. 21 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vs8TennesseeL 7–⁠4031%
Sep 15vsCal State FullertonW 27–⁠1350%
Sep 22vsSouthern MissW 13–⁠1042%
Sep 29at17FloridaL 21–⁠3427%
Oct 13atKentuckyL 15–⁠1747%
Oct 20atTulaneW 38–⁠1750%
Oct 27vs2AuburnL 16–⁠1725%
Nov 3vsAlabamaL 0–⁠2238%
Nov 10atMemphisW 27–⁠2346%
Nov 17vsLSUW 34–⁠2253%
Nov 24at21Ole MissL 9–⁠2127%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

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

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠236
Coach
Rockey Felker
Elo
1484 +33 this season
SP+ rating
1.2 No. 52 of 104; offense No. 78, defense No. 34
SRS
−2.2 No. 63 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Clay
Defensive coordinator
Jim Carmody

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 5Robert Young DTLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Ricky ByrdOGAP-1
  • Reggie StewartLBAP-1

Second team

  • Mike RileyPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida6–⁠19–⁠213
Tennessee5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠28
Ole Miss5–⁠29–⁠321
Alabama5–⁠27–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠119
Kentucky3–⁠44–⁠7
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠10

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