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1992 Mississippi State

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill, finished No. 23 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1992, game by game: won at Texas 28–10; lost at LSU 3–24; won at Memphis 20–16; won vs. No. 13 Florida 30–6; won vs. Auburn 14–7; lost at South Carolina 6–21; won vs. Arkansas State 56–6; won at Kentucky 37–36; won vs. Arkansas 10–3; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 21–30; lost at No. 24 Ole Miss 10–17; lost vs. No. 19 North Carolina 17–21+50−21Won 28–10 at Texas+18TexasLost 3–24 at LSU-21LSUWon 20–16 at Memphis+4MemphisWon 30–6 vs. No. 13 Florida+24No. 13 FloridaWon 14–7 vs. Auburn+7AuburnLost 6–21 at South Carolina-15South CarolinaWon 56–6 vs. Arkansas State+50Arkansas StateWon 37–36 at Kentucky+1KentuckyWon 10–3 vs. Arkansas+7ArkansasLost 21–30 vs. No. 2 Alabama-9No. 2 AlabamaLost 10–17 at No. 24 Ole Miss-7No. 24 Ole MissLost 17–21 vs. No. 19 North Carolina-4No. 19 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atTexasW 28–⁠1040%
Sep 12atLSUL 3–⁠2456%
Sep 19atMemphisW 20–⁠1652%
Oct 1vs13FloridaW 30–⁠643%
Oct 10vsAuburnW 14–⁠762%
Oct 17atSouth CarolinaL 6–⁠2171%
Oct 24vsArkansas StateW 56–⁠692%
Oct 31atKentuckyW 37–⁠3658%
Nov 7vsArkansasW 10–⁠377%
Nov 14vs2AlabamaL 21–⁠3033%
Nov 28at24Ole MissL 10–⁠1740%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs19North CarolinaPeach BowlL 17–⁠2144%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 21–⁠17 in the Peach Bowl; No. 23 in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 22
  2. Wk 2: 21
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 4: 24
  5. Wk 6: 24
  6. Wk 7: 18
  7. Wk 8: 15
  8. Wk 9: 25
  9. Wk 10: 24
  10. Wk 11: 19
  11. Wk 12: 16
  12. Wk 13: 18
  13. Wk 14: 16
  14. Wk 15: 24
  15. Wk 16: 24
  16. Final: 23

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 1992.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 23 peak No. 15
Points
252–⁠197
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1534 +1 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 33 of 105; offense No. 68, defense No. 19
SRS
5.1 No. 35 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Watson Brown
Defensive coordinator
Bill Clay

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 4Kevin Henry DEPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Olanda Truitt WRLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 5Marc Woodard LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Willie Harris WRBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • John JamesOTAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Daniel BoydLBAP-1
  • Todd JordanPAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠013–⁠01
Georgia6–⁠210–⁠28
Florida6–⁠29–⁠410
Tennessee5–⁠39–⁠312
Ole Miss5–⁠39–⁠316
Mississippi State4–⁠47–⁠523
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
South Carolina3–⁠55–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠5–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt2–⁠64–⁠7
LSU1–⁠72–⁠9

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