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1968 Ole Miss

7–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1968, game by game: won at Memphis 21–7; won vs. Kentucky 30–14; won vs. No. 11 Alabama 10–8; lost at No. 17 Georgia 7–21; won vs. Southern Miss 21–13; lost vs. Houston 7–29; won at No. 14 LSU 27–24; won vs. Chattanooga 38–16; lost at No. 11 Tennessee 0–31; tied vs. Mississippi State 17–17; won vs. Virginia Tech 34–17+22−31Won 21–7 at Memphis+14MemphisWon 30–14 vs. Kentucky+16KentuckyWon 10–8 vs. No. 11 Alabama+2No. 11 AlabamaLost 7–21 at No. 17 Georgia-14No. 17 GeorgiaWon 21–13 vs. Southern Miss+8Southern MissLost 7–29 vs. Houston-22HoustonWon 27–24 at No. 14 LSU+3No. 14 LSUWon 38–16 vs. Chattanooga+22ChattanoogaLost 0–31 at No. 11 Tennessee-31No. 11 TennesseeTied 17–17 vs. Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Won 34–17 vs. Virginia Tech+17Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atMemphisW 21–⁠747%
Sep 28vsKentuckyW 30–⁠1476%
Oct 5vs11AlabamaW 10–⁠853%
Oct 12at17GeorgiaL 7–⁠2141%
Oct 19vsSouthern MissW 21–⁠1366%
Oct 26vsHoustonL 7–⁠2962%
Nov 2at14LSUW 27–⁠2437%
Nov 9vsChattanoogaW 38–⁠1695%
Nov 16at11TennesseeL 0–⁠3132%
Nov 30vsMississippi StateT 17–⁠1789%
Dec 14Bowls & playoffvsVirginia TechLiberty BowlW 34–⁠1743%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 34–⁠17 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 13
  2. Wk 6: 16
  3. Wk 7: 17

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 1968.

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
212–⁠197
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1611 +30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.5 No. 25 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Frank TrappLBAP-2
  • Julian FaganPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠28
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠113
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠317
Auburn4–⁠27–⁠416
Ole Miss3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
LSU2–⁠28–⁠319
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠4–⁠10–⁠8–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠7

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