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1946 Ole Miss

2–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Drew.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1946, game by game: lost at Kentucky 6–20; won at Florida 13–7; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–7; lost at Georgia Tech 7–24; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 6–7; won vs. Arkansas 9–7; lost at LSU 21–34; lost at No. 7 Tennessee 14–18; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–20+7−20Lost 6–20 at Kentucky-14KentuckyWon 13–7 at Florida+6FloridaLost 0–7 vs. Vanderbilt-7VanderbiltLost 7–24 at Georgia Tech-17Georgia TechLost 6–7 vs. Louisiana Tech-1Louisiana TechWon 9–7 vs. Arkansas+2ArkansasLost 21–34 at LSU-13LSULost 14–18 at No. 7 Tennessee-4No. 7 TennesseeLost 0–20 vs. Mississippi State-20Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atKentuckyL 6–⁠2043%
Sep 28atFloridaW 13–⁠739%
Oct 5vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠749%
Oct 12atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠2428%
Oct 19vsLouisiana TechL 6–⁠785%
Oct 26vsArkansasW 9–⁠736%
Nov 2atLSUL 21–⁠3418%
Nov 9at7TennesseeL 14–⁠1814%
Nov 23vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠2023%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 113th-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 1946.

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
76–⁠144
Coach
Red Drew
Elo
1361 −58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.6 No. 44 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 2Charley Conerly QBBrooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠011–⁠03
Tennessee5–⁠09–⁠27
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠29–⁠211
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠37–⁠4
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠37–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠43–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠62–⁠7
Florida0–⁠50–⁠9

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