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1937 Ole Miss

4–⁠5–⁠1 (0–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ed Walker.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1937, game by game: won vs. Louisiana Tech 13–0; tied at Temple 0–0; won vs. Saint Louis 21–0; lost at LSU 0–13; won vs. Ouachita 46–0; lost at Tulane 7–14; won at George Washington 27–6; lost vs. No. 20 Arkansas 6–32; lost vs. Mississippi State 7–9; lost at Tennessee 0–32+46−32Won 13–0 vs. Louisiana Tech+13Louisiana TechTied 0–0 at Temple0TempleWon 21–0 vs. Saint Louis+21Saint LouisLost 0–13 at LSU-13LSUWon 46–0 vs. Ouachita+46OuachitaLost 7–14 at Tulane-7TulaneWon 27–6 at George Washington+21George Washingt…Lost 6–32 vs. No. 20 Arkansas-26No. 20 ArkansasLost 7–9 vs. Mississippi State-2Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–32 at Tennessee-32Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsLouisiana TechW 13–⁠094%
Oct 1atTempleT 0–⁠039%
Oct 9vsSaint LouisW 21–⁠068%
Oct 16atLSUL 0–⁠1324%
Oct 23vsOuachitaW 46–⁠090%
Oct 30atTulaneL 7–⁠1440%
Nov 5atGeorge WashingtonW 27–⁠644%
Nov 13vs20ArkansasL 6–⁠3244%
Nov 25vsMississippi StateL 7–⁠961%
Dec 4atTennesseeL 0–⁠3233%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 32–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

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 1937.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠4 tied for 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
127–⁠106
Coach
Ed Walker
Elo
1497 −27 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.8 No. 64 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 3Frank Kinard OTBrooklyn Dodgers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob KincadeEUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠09–⁠14
LSU5–⁠19–⁠28
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠26–⁠2–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠27–⁠2
Mississippi State3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia Tech3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee4–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Florida3–⁠44–⁠7
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠2–⁠26–⁠3–⁠2
Ole Miss0–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

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