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1993 Mississippi State

3–⁠6–⁠2 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill. Officially 4–⁠5–⁠2. Alabama forfeited to Mississippi State.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “The NCAA later adjusted the Bulldogs’ record to 4–⁠5–⁠2 after making Alabama forfeit 8 games in the 1993 season.”

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1993, game by game: lost vs. Memphis 35–45; lost vs. LSU 16–18; won at Tulane 36–10; lost at No. 5 Florida 24–38; lost at No. 22 Auburn 17–31; won vs. South Carolina 23–0; tied vs. Arkansas State 15–15; lost vs. Kentucky 17–26; tied vs. Arkansas 13–13; lost at No. 12 Alabama 25–36; won vs. Ole Miss 20–13+26−14Lost 35–45 vs. Memphis-10MemphisLost 16–18 vs. LSU-2LSUWon 36–10 at Tulane+26TulaneLost 24–38 at No. 5 Florida-14No. 5 FloridaLost 17–31 at No. 22 Auburn-14No. 22 AuburnWon 23–0 vs. South Carolina+23South CarolinaTied 15–15 vs. Arkansas State0Arkansas StateLost 17–26 vs. Kentucky-9KentuckyTied 13–13 vs. Arkansas0ArkansasLost 25–36 at No. 12 Alabama-11No. 12 AlabamaWon 20–13 vs. Ole Miss+7Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsMemphisL 35–⁠4557%
Sep 11vsLSUL 16–⁠1868%
Sep 25atTulaneW 36–⁠1061%
Oct 2at5FloridaL 24–⁠3823%
Oct 9at22AuburnL 17–⁠3130%
Oct 16vsSouth CarolinaW 23–⁠052%
Oct 23vsArkansas StateT 15–⁠1585%
Oct 30vsKentuckyL 17–⁠2659%
Nov 6vsArkansasT 13–⁠1364%
Nov 13at12AlabamaL 25–⁠36won by forfeit13%
Nov 27vsOle MissW 20–⁠1346%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 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 1993.

Record
3–⁠6–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
241–⁠245
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1487 −35 this season
SP+ rating
2.4 No. 52 of 105; offense No. 61, defense No. 41
SRS
2.2 No. 46 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bruce Arians
Defensive coordinator
Bill Clay

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 5Herman Carroll DENew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Arleye GibsonDTAP-1

Second team

  • Juan LongLBCoaches-2
  • Walter DavisSCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn8–⁠011–⁠04
Florida7–⁠111–⁠25
Tennessee6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Alabama5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠114
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠55–⁠6
LSU3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Georgia2–⁠65–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠74–⁠7

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