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1991 Mississippi State

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1991, game by game: won vs. Cal State Fullerton 47–3; won vs. No. 13 Texas 13–6; won vs. Tulane 48–0; lost at No. 6 Tennessee 24–26; lost vs. No. 14 Florida 7–29; won vs. Kentucky 31–6; lost vs. Memphis 23–28; won at Auburn 24–17; lost at No. 7 Alabama 7–13; won at LSU 28–19; won vs. Ole Miss 24–9; lost vs. Air Force 15–38+48−23Won 47–3 vs. Cal State Fullerton+44Cal State Fulle…Won 13–6 vs. No. 13 Texas+7No. 13 TexasWon 48–0 vs. Tulane+48TulaneLost 24–26 at No. 6 Tennessee-2No. 6 TennesseeLost 7–29 vs. No. 14 Florida-22No. 14 FloridaWon 31–6 vs. Kentucky+25KentuckyLost 23–28 vs. Memphis-5MemphisWon 24–17 at Auburn+7AuburnLost 7–13 at No. 7 Alabama-6No. 7 AlabamaWon 28–19 at LSU+9LSUWon 24–9 vs. Ole Miss+15Ole MissLost 15–38 vs. Air Force-23Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsCal State FullertonW 47–⁠379%
Sep 7vs13TexasW 13–⁠643%
Sep 14vsTulaneW 48–⁠074%
Sep 21at6TennesseeL 24–⁠2625%
Sep 28vs14FloridaL 7–⁠2935%
Oct 12vsKentuckyW 31–⁠668%
Oct 19vsMemphisL 23–⁠2868%
Oct 26atAuburnW 24–⁠1727%
Nov 2at7AlabamaL 7–⁠1329%
Nov 16atLSUW 28–⁠1951%
Nov 23vsOle MissW 24–⁠962%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsAir ForceLiberty BowlL 15–⁠3849%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Air Force 38–⁠15 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 25
  2. Wk 4: 23
  3. Wk 5: 21

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1991.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
291–⁠194
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1549 +59 this season
SP+ rating
10.8 No. 29 of 104; offense No. 48, defense No. 22
SRS
8.1 No. 30 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Watson Brown
Defensive coordinator
Bill Clay

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 4Keo Coleman LBNew York Jets

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John JamesOTAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Nate WilliamsDEAP-2; Coaches-1
  • Keo ColemanLBAP-1

Second team

  • Daniel BoydLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida7–⁠010–⁠27
Alabama6–⁠111–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠29–⁠314
Georgia4–⁠39–⁠317
Mississippi State4–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠6
LSU3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠55–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠65–⁠6
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠8

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