1950 Ole Miss

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

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1950, game by game: won at Memphis 39–7; lost at No. 13 Kentucky 0–27; won vs. Boston College 54–0; lost at No. 19 Vanderbilt 14–20; lost at Tulane 20–27; won vs. TCU 19–7; lost at LSU 14–40; won vs. Chattanooga 20–0; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 0–35; won vs. Mississippi State 27–20+54−35Won 39–7 at Memphis+32MemphisLost 0–27 at No. 13 Kentucky-27No. 13 KentuckyWon 54–0 vs. Boston College+54Boston CollegeLost 14–20 at No. 19 Vanderbilt-6No. 19 VanderbiltLost 20–27 at Tulane-7TulaneWon 19–7 vs. TCU+12TCULost 14–40 at LSU-26LSUWon 20–0 vs. Chattanooga+20ChattanoogaLost 0–35 at No. 9 Tennessee-35No. 9 TennesseeWon 27–20 vs. Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 27–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 63rd-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 1950.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠5 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠183
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1522 −8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.8 No. 46 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 6Ken Farragut CPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kentucky5–⁠111–⁠17
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠216
Tulane3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠120
Georgia Tech4–⁠25–⁠6
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State3–⁠44–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Ole Miss1–⁠55–⁠5
Auburn0–⁠70–⁠10

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