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1972 Ole Miss

5–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Kinard.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1972, game by game: won at Memphis 34–29; won at South Carolina 21–0; won vs. Southern Miss 13–9; lost vs. No. 17 Auburn 13–19; lost vs. Georgia 13–14; lost vs. Florida 0–16; won at Vanderbilt 31–7; lost at No. 6 LSU 16–17; lost at No. 13 Tennessee 0–17; won vs. Mississippi State 51–14+37−17Won 34–29 at Memphis+5MemphisWon 21–0 at South Carolina+21South CarolinaWon 13–9 vs. Southern Miss+4Southern MissLost 13–19 vs. No. 17 Auburn-6No. 17 AuburnLost 13–14 vs. Georgia-1GeorgiaLost 0–16 vs. Florida-16FloridaWon 31–7 at Vanderbilt+24VanderbiltLost 16–17 at No. 6 LSU-1No. 6 LSULost 0–17 at No. 13 Tennessee-17No. 13 TennesseeWon 51–14 vs. Mississippi State+37Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atMemphisW 34–⁠2955%
Sep 23atSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠068%
Sep 30vsSouthern MissW 13–⁠981%
Oct 7vs17AuburnL 13–⁠1956%
Oct 14vsGeorgiaL 13–⁠1462%
Oct 21vsFloridaL 0–⁠1667%
Oct 28atVanderbiltW 31–⁠761%
Nov 4at6LSUL 16–⁠1727%
Nov 18at13TennesseeL 0–⁠1726%
Nov 25vsMississippi StateW 51–⁠1475%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 51–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 20
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 18

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 1972.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
192–⁠142
Coach
Billy Kinard
Elo
1599 −8 this season
SP+ rating
14.7 No. 22 of 121; offense No. 49, defense No. 13
SRS
14.3 No. 20 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Art BresslerOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠15
LSU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠111
Tennessee4–⁠210–⁠28
Georgia4–⁠37–⁠4
Florida3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State1–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠63–⁠8

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