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1969 Ole Miss

8–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught, finished No. 8 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1969, game by game: won vs. Memphis 28–3; lost at Kentucky 9–10; lost at No. 15 Alabama 32–33; won vs. No. 6 Georgia 25–17; won vs. Southern Miss 69–7; lost at Houston 11–25; won vs. No. 8 LSU 26–23; won vs. Chattanooga 21–0; won vs. No. 3 Tennessee 38–0; won at Mississippi State 48–22; won vs. No. 3 Arkansas 27–22+62−14Won 28–3 vs. Memphis+25MemphisLost 9–10 at Kentucky-1KentuckyLost 32–33 at No. 15 Alabama-1No. 15 AlabamaWon 25–17 vs. No. 6 Georgia+8No. 6 GeorgiaWon 69–7 vs. Southern Miss+62Southern MissLost 11–25 at Houston-14HoustonWon 26–23 vs. No. 8 LSU+3No. 8 LSUWon 21–0 vs. Chattanooga+21ChattanoogaWon 38–0 vs. No. 3 Tennessee+38No. 3 TennesseeWon 48–22 at Mississippi State+26Mississippi Sta…Won 27–22 vs. No. 3 Arkansas+5No. 3 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsMemphisW 28–⁠358%
Sep 27atKentuckyL 9–⁠1068%
Oct 4at15AlabamaL 32–⁠3335%
Oct 11vs6GeorgiaW 25–⁠1743%
Oct 18vsSouthern MissW 69–⁠786%
Oct 25atHoustonL 11–⁠2548%
Nov 1vs8LSUW 26–⁠2346%
Nov 8vsChattanoogaW 21–⁠095%
Nov 15vs3TennesseeW 38–⁠037%
Nov 27atMississippi StateW 48–⁠2280%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3ArkansasSugar BowlW 27–⁠2244%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 27–⁠22 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 8 in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 20
  4. Wk 5: 19
  5. Wk 6: 17
  6. Wk 8: 17
  7. Wk 9: 18
  8. Wk 10: 13
  9. Wk 11: 14
  10. Wk 12: 14
  11. Wk 13: 13
  12. Final: 8

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 1969.

Heisman voteArchie Manning, fourth

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 8 peak No. 8
Points
334–⁠162
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1695 +121 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
23.7 No. 13 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 5Glenn Cannon DBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Hap Farber LBMinnesota Vikings

All-SEC

4 second team

Second team

  • Floyd FranksWRAP-2
  • Skip JerniganOGAP-2
  • Larry ThomasLBAP-2
  • Julian FaganPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠215
LSU4–⁠19–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠320
Florida3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠38
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt2–⁠34–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠53–⁠7

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