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1965 Ole Miss

7–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1965, game by game: won at Memphis 34–14; lost at No. 10 Kentucky 7–16; lost at Alabama 16–17; lost vs. No. 10 Florida 0–17; won vs. Tulane 24–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 24–7; won vs. No. 5 LSU 23–0; lost at Houston 3–17; won vs. No. 8 Tennessee 14–13; won at Mississippi State 21–0; won vs. Auburn 13–7+23−17Won 34–14 at Memphis+20MemphisLost 7–16 at No. 10 Kentucky-9No. 10 KentuckyLost 16–17 at Alabama-1AlabamaLost 0–17 vs. No. 10 Florida-17No. 10 FloridaWon 24–7 vs. Tulane+17TulaneWon 24–7 vs. Vanderbilt+17VanderbiltWon 23–0 vs. No. 5 LSU+23No. 5 LSULost 3–17 at Houston-14HoustonWon 14–13 vs. No. 8 Tennessee+1No. 8 TennesseeWon 21–0 at Mississippi State+21Mississippi Sta…Won 13–7 vs. Auburn+6Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atMemphisW 34–⁠1445%
Sep 25at10KentuckyL 7–⁠1656%
Oct 2atAlabamaL 16–⁠1729%
Oct 9vs10FloridaL 0–⁠1754%
Oct 16vsTulaneW 24–⁠773%
Oct 23vsVanderbiltW 24–⁠776%
Oct 30vs5LSUW 23–⁠048%
Nov 6atHoustonL 3–⁠1773%
Nov 13vs8TennesseeW 14–⁠1357%
Nov 27atMississippi StateW 21–⁠052%
Dec 18Bowls & playoffvsAuburnLiberty BowlW 13–⁠756%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Auburn 13–⁠7 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 28th-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 1965.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
179–⁠115
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1624 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.8 No. 14 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 1Stan Hindman DESan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Mike Dennis RBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 4Billy Clay DBWashington Redskins

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠11
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Ole Miss5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee2–⁠1–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
LSU3–⁠38–⁠38
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8

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