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1940 Ole Miss

9–⁠2 (3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Harry Mehre.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1940, game by game: won vs. Union (Tennessee) 37–0; won at LSU 19–6; won at Rhodes 27–6; won at Georgia 28–14; won vs. Duquesne 14–6; lost vs. Arkansas 20–21; won at Vanderbilt 13–7; won at Holy Cross 34–7; won vs. Memphis 38–7; lost at No. 16 Mississippi State 0–19; won at Miami 21–7+37−19Won 37–0 vs. Union (Tennessee)+37Union (Tennesse…Won 19–6 at LSU+13LSUWon 27–6 at Rhodes+21RhodesWon 28–14 at Georgia+14GeorgiaWon 14–6 vs. Duquesne+8DuquesneLost 20–21 vs. Arkansas-1ArkansasWon 13–7 at Vanderbilt+6VanderbiltWon 34–7 at Holy Cross+27Holy CrossWon 38–7 vs. Memphis+31MemphisLost 0–19 at No. 16 Mississippi State-19No. 16 Mississippi Sta…Won 21–7 at Miami+14Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsUnion (Tennessee)W 37–⁠092%
Sep 28atLSUW 19–⁠650%
Oct 5atRhodesW 27–⁠676%
Oct 12atGeorgiaW 28–⁠1455%
Oct 19vsDuquesneW 14–⁠665%
Oct 26vsArkansasL 20–⁠2172%
Nov 2atVanderbiltW 13–⁠770%
Nov 9atHoly CrossW 34–⁠757%
Nov 16vsMemphisW 38–⁠798%
Nov 23at16Mississippi StateL 0–⁠1948%
Nov 29atMiamiW 21–⁠790%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 21–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 5: 17
  4. Wk 6: 11

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 1940.

Led the nationJunie Hovious: punt return yards (498 yds)

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠1 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
251–⁠100
Coach
Harry Mehre
Elo
1653 +89 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.7 No. 23 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George Kinard

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John HoviousBackfieldAP-1; INS

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠010–⁠14
Mississippi State4–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠19
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠27–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠35–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Tulane1–⁠35–⁠5
Georgia Tech1–⁠53–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

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