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1963 Ole Miss

7–⁠1–⁠2 (5–⁠0–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Ole Miss, 1963
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1963, game by game: tied at Memphis 0–0; won at Kentucky 31–7; won at Houston 20–6; won at Tulane 21–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 27–7; won at LSU 37–3; won vs. Tampa 41–0; won vs. Tennessee 20–0; tied at Mississippi State 10–10; lost vs. No. 9 Alabama 7–12+41−5Tied 0–0 at Memphis0MemphisWon 31–7 at Kentucky+24KentuckyWon 20–6 at Houston+14HoustonWon 21–0 at Tulane+21TulaneWon 27–7 vs. Vanderbilt+20VanderbiltWon 37–3 at LSU+34LSUWon 41–0 vs. Tampa+41TampaWon 20–0 vs. Tennessee+20TennesseeTied 10–10 at Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–12 vs. No. 9 Alabama-5No. 9 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atMemphisT 0–⁠051%
Sep 28atKentuckyW 31–⁠766%
Oct 5atHoustonW 20–⁠671%
Oct 19atTulaneW 21–⁠088%
Oct 26vsVanderbiltW 27–⁠794%
Nov 2atLSUW 37–⁠347%
Nov 9vsTampaW 41–⁠098%
Nov 16vsTennesseeW 20–⁠087%
Nov 30atMississippi StateT 10–⁠1073%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9AlabamaSugar BowlL 7–⁠1256%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 12–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 3: 10
  3. Wk 4: 10
  4. Wk 5: 5
  5. Wk 6: 5
  6. Wk 7: 3
  7. Wk 8: 3
  8. Wk 9: 3
  9. Wk 10: 3
  10. Wk 11: 3
  11. Wk 12: 7
  12. Final: 7

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 1963.

Southeastern Conference champions5–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Record
7–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0–⁠1 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 2
Points
214–⁠45
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1756 +66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.5 No. 2 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Kenny Dill and Whaley Hall

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 4Perry Lee Dunn RBDallas Cowboys
Rd 3Perry Lee Dunn RBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)

All-SEC

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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