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1948 Ole Miss

8–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1948, game by game: won at Florida 14–0; won at Kentucky 20–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 20–7; lost at Tulane 7–20; won vs. Boston College 32–13; won at LSU 49–19; won at Chattanooga 34–7; won vs. No. 18 Tennessee 16–13; won vs. Mississippi State 34–7+30−13Won 14–0 at Florida+14FloridaWon 20–7 at Kentucky+13KentuckyWon 20–7 vs. Vanderbilt+13VanderbiltLost 7–20 at Tulane-13TulaneWon 32–13 vs. Boston College+19Boston CollegeWon 49–19 at LSU+30LSUWon 34–7 at Chattanooga+27ChattanoogaWon 16–13 vs. No. 18 Tennessee+3No. 18 TennesseeWon 34–7 vs. Mississippi State+27Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atFloridaW 14–⁠068%
Oct 2atKentuckyW 20–⁠744%
Oct 9vsVanderbiltW 20–⁠775%
Oct 16atTulaneL 7–⁠2063%
Oct 23vsBoston CollegeW 32–⁠1354%
Oct 30atLSUW 49–⁠1953%
Nov 6atChattanoogaW 34–⁠778%
Nov 13vs18TennesseeW 16–⁠1369%
Nov 27vsMississippi StateW 34–⁠772%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 34–⁠7; No. 15 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 15th-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: 10
  3. Wk 3: 20
  4. Wk 7: 17
  5. Wk 8: 16
  6. Final: 15

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 1948.

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 10
Points
226–⁠93
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1693 +122 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.6 No. 3 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Doug Hamley

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 5Dixie Howell BLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Farley SalmonQBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠09–⁠28
Ole Miss6–⁠18–⁠115
Tulane5–⁠19–⁠113
Vanderbilt4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠112
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Florida1–⁠55–⁠5
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Auburn0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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