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1973 Ole Miss

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Kinard, then John Vaught (25th season, final 8 games).

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1973, game by game: won vs. Villanova 24–6; lost at Missouri 0–17; lost vs. Memphis 13–17; won vs. Southern Miss 41–0; lost at Auburn 7–14; lost at Georgia 0–20; won at Florida 13–10; won vs. Vanderbilt 24–14; lost vs. No. 7 LSU 14–51; won vs. No. 16 Tennessee 28–18; won vs. Mississippi State 38–10+41−37Won 24–6 vs. Villanova+18VillanovaLost 0–17 at Missouri-17MissouriLost 13–17 vs. Memphis-4MemphisWon 41–0 vs. Southern Miss+41Southern MissLost 7–14 at Auburn-7AuburnLost 0–20 at Georgia-20GeorgiaWon 13–10 at Florida+3FloridaWon 24–14 vs. Vanderbilt+10VanderbiltLost 14–51 vs. No. 7 LSU-37No. 7 LSUWon 28–18 vs. No. 16 Tennessee+10No. 16 TennesseeWon 38–10 vs. Mississippi State+28Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsVillanovaW 24–⁠679%
Sep 15atMissouriL 0–⁠1758%
Sep 22vsMemphisL 13–⁠1760%
Sep 29vsSouthern MissW 41–⁠074%
Oct 6atAuburnL 7–⁠1427%
Oct 13atGeorgiaL 0–⁠2033%
Oct 20atFloridaW 13–⁠1044%
Oct 27vsVanderbiltW 24–⁠1466%
Nov 3vs7LSUL 14–⁠5132%
Nov 17vs16TennesseeW 28–⁠1834%
Nov 24vsMississippi StateW 38–⁠1059%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 38–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-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 1973.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
202–⁠177
Coach
Billy Kinard, then John Vaught (25th season, final 8 games)
Elo
1581 +14 this season
SP+ rating
11.8 No. 31 of 123; offense No. 66, defense No. 18
SRS
8.2 No. 38 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 4Norris Weese QBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Butch Veazey TENew York Jets

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jim StuartLBAP-2
  • Harry HarrisonDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠011–⁠14
LSU5–⁠19–⁠313
Ole Miss4–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠38–⁠419
Georgia3–⁠47–⁠4–⁠1
Florida3–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠56–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5–⁠2
Vanderbilt1–⁠55–⁠6

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