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1975 Ole Miss

6–⁠5 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ken Cooper.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1975, game by game: lost at Baylor 10–20; lost at No. 8 Texas A&M 0–7; lost at Tulane 3–14; won vs. Southern Miss 24–8; lost at No. 9 Alabama 6–32; won vs. Georgia 28–13; lost vs. South Carolina 29–35; won vs. Vanderbilt 17–7; won vs. LSU 17–13; won vs. Tennessee 23–6; won vs. Mississippi State 13–7+17−26Lost 10–20 at Baylor-10BaylorLost 0–7 at No. 8 Texas A&M-7No. 8 Texas A&MLost 3–14 at Tulane-11TulaneWon 24–8 vs. Southern Miss+16Southern MissLost 6–32 at No. 9 Alabama-26No. 9 AlabamaWon 28–13 vs. Georgia+15GeorgiaLost 29–35 vs. South Carolina-6South CarolinaWon 17–7 vs. Vanderbilt+10VanderbiltWon 17–13 vs. LSU+4LSUWon 23–6 vs. Tennessee+17TennesseeWon 13–7 vs. Mississippi State+6Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atBaylorL 10–⁠2033%
Sep 13at8Texas A&ML 0–⁠728%
Sep 20atTulaneL 3–⁠1439%
Sep 27vsSouthern MissW 24–⁠850%
Oct 4at9AlabamaL 6–⁠3215%
Oct 11vsGeorgiaW 28–⁠1340%
Oct 18vsSouth CarolinaL 29–⁠3553%
Oct 25vsVanderbiltW 17–⁠756%
Nov 1vsLSUW 17–⁠1353%
Nov 15vsTennesseeW 23–⁠644%
Nov 22vsMississippi StateW 13–⁠743%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 48th-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 1975.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
170–⁠162
Coach
Ken Cooper
Elo
1558 +80 this season
SP+ rating
14.3 No. 29 of 132; offense No. 64, defense No. 6
SRS
9.0 No. 32 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 3Ben Williams DTBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Rick KimbroughWRAP-2
  • Gary TurnerDEAP-2
  • Lawrence JohnsonDTAP-2
  • Bill FarrisPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida5–⁠19–⁠3
Ole Miss5–⁠16–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
LSU1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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