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1938 Ole Miss

9–⁠2 (3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Harry Mehre.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1938, game by game: won at LSU 20–7; won vs. Louisiana Tech 27–7; won vs. Southern Miss 14–0; lost at Vanderbilt 7–13; won vs. Centenary (LA) 47–14; won at George Washington 25–0; won at Saint Louis 14–12; won vs. Sewanee 39–0; won vs. Arkansas 20–14; won at Mississippi State 19–6; lost at No. 4 Tennessee 0–47+39−47Won 20–7 at LSU+13LSUWon 27–7 vs. Louisiana Tech+20Louisiana TechWon 14–0 vs. Southern Miss+14Southern MissLost 7–13 at Vanderbilt-6VanderbiltWon 47–14 vs. Centenary (LA)+33Centenary (LA)Won 25–0 at George Washington+25George Washingt…Won 14–12 at Saint Louis+2Saint LouisWon 39–0 vs. Sewanee+39SewaneeWon 20–14 vs. Arkansas+6ArkansasWon 19–6 at Mississippi State+13Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–47 at No. 4 Tennessee-47No. 4 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atLSUW 20–⁠724%
Oct 1vsLouisiana TechW 27–⁠795%
Oct 8vsSouthern MissW 14–⁠095%
Oct 15atVanderbiltL 7–⁠1336%
Oct 22vsCentenary (LA)W 47–⁠1461%
Oct 29atGeorge WashingtonW 25–⁠046%
Nov 5atSaint LouisW 14–⁠1263%
Nov 12vsSewaneeW 39–⁠090%
Nov 16vsArkansasW 20–⁠1462%
Nov 26atMississippi StateW 19–⁠668%
Dec 3at4TennesseeL 0–⁠4732%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 47–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 31st-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 1938.

Led the nationParker Hall: yards per carry (6.5), points (73 pts)

Consensus All-AmericanParker Hall, RB

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
232–⁠120
Coach
Harry Mehre
Elo
1616 +118 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.0 No. 32 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 1Parker Hall RBCleveland Rams

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • BradleyQBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee7–⁠011–⁠02
Alabama4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠113
Tulane4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠119
Ole Miss3–⁠29–⁠2
Georgia Tech2–⁠1–⁠33–⁠4–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠36–⁠3
Auburn3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Florida2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
LSU2–⁠46–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠44–⁠6
Kentucky0–⁠42–⁠7
Sewanee0–⁠61–⁠8

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