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1949 Ole Miss

4–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1949, game by game: won at Memphis 40–7; won at Auburn 40–7; lost vs. Kentucky 0–47; lost at Vanderbilt 27–28; tied at Boston College 25–25; lost at TCU 27–33; lost at No. 17 LSU 7–34; won vs. Chattanooga 47–27; lost at Tennessee 7–35; won at Mississippi State 26–0+33−47Won 40–7 at Memphis+33MemphisWon 40–7 at Auburn+33AuburnLost 0–47 vs. Kentucky-47KentuckyLost 27–28 at Vanderbilt-1VanderbiltTied 25–25 at Boston College0Boston CollegeLost 27–33 at TCU-6TCULost 7–34 at No. 17 LSU-27No. 17 LSUWon 47–27 vs. Chattanooga+20ChattanoogaLost 7–35 at Tennessee-28TennesseeWon 26–0 at Mississippi State+26Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atMemphisW 40–⁠794%
Sep 23atAuburnW 40–⁠778%
Oct 1vsKentuckyL 0–⁠4766%
Oct 8atVanderbiltL 27–⁠2839%
Oct 14atBoston CollegeT 25–⁠2555%
Oct 22atTCUL 27–⁠3348%
Oct 29at17LSUL 7–⁠3448%
Nov 5vsChattanoogaW 47–⁠2777%
Nov 12atTennesseeL 7–⁠3540%
Nov 26atMississippi StateW 26–⁠062%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 55th-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 1949.

Led the nationKayo Dottley: rushing yards (1,312 yds)

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠243
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1546 −82 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.2 No. 54 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 2Kayo Dottley BChicago Bears

All-SEC

3 first team

First team

  • Jack StriblingEAP-2; UP-1
  • Jimmy CrawfordOGAP-2; UP-1
  • Kayo DottleyFBAP-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulane5–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Kentucky4–⁠19–⁠311
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠117
Georgia Tech5–⁠27–⁠3
LSU4–⁠28–⁠39
Alabama4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt4–⁠45–⁠5
Auburn2–⁠4–⁠22–⁠4–⁠3
Ole Miss2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Florida1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠60–⁠8–⁠1

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