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1974 Ole Miss

3–⁠8 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ken Cooper.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1974, game by game: won vs. No. 18 Missouri 10–0; lost at Memphis 7–15; won vs. Southern Miss 20–14; lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 21–35; lost at Georgia 0–49; lost vs. South Carolina 7–10; lost at Vanderbilt 14–24; lost at LSU 0–24; lost at Tennessee 17–29; lost vs. Mississippi State 13–31; won at Tulane 26–10+16−49Won 10–0 vs. No. 18 Missouri+10No. 18 MissouriLost 7–15 at Memphis-8MemphisWon 20–14 vs. Southern Miss+6Southern MissLost 21–35 vs. No. 3 Alabama-14No. 3 AlabamaLost 0–49 at Georgia-49GeorgiaLost 7–10 vs. South Carolina-3South CarolinaLost 14–24 at Vanderbilt-10VanderbiltLost 0–24 at LSU-24LSULost 17–29 at Tennessee-12TennesseeLost 13–31 vs. Mississippi State-18Mississippi Sta…Won 26–10 at Tulane+16Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vs18MissouriW 10–⁠057%
Sep 21atMemphisL 7–⁠1549%
Sep 28vsSouthern MissW 20–⁠1463%
Oct 5vs3AlabamaL 21–⁠3531%
Oct 12atGeorgiaL 0–⁠4940%
Oct 19vsSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠1074%
Oct 26atVanderbiltL 14–⁠2443%
Nov 2atLSUL 0–⁠2429%
Nov 16atTennesseeL 17–⁠2925%
Nov 23vsMississippi StateL 13–⁠3134%
Nov 30atTulaneW 26–⁠1037%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 26–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 86th-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 1974.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠6 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
135–⁠241
Coach
Ken Cooper
Elo
1466 −87 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 69 of 124; offense No. 86, defense No. 43
SRS
1.1 No. 62 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠15
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠28
Georgia4–⁠26–⁠6
Mississippi State3–⁠39–⁠317
Florida3–⁠38–⁠415
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠2
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠220
LSU2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠63–⁠8

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