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1976 Ole Miss

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ken Cooper. Officially 6–⁠5. Mississippi State forfeited to Ole Miss. The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠6, the results on the field.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1976, game by game: lost at Memphis 16–21; won vs. No. 6 Alabama 10–7; won vs. Tulane 34–7; won at Southern Miss 28–0; lost vs. Auburn 0–10; won vs. No. 4 Georgia 21–17; lost at South Carolina 7–10; won at Vanderbilt 20–3; lost at LSU 0–45; lost at Tennessee 6–32; lost vs. Mississippi State 11–28+28−45Lost 16–21 at Memphis-5MemphisWon 10–7 vs. No. 6 Alabama+3No. 6 AlabamaWon 34–7 vs. Tulane+27TulaneWon 28–0 at Southern Miss+28Southern MissLost 0–10 vs. Auburn-10AuburnWon 21–17 vs. No. 4 Georgia+4No. 4 GeorgiaLost 7–10 at South Carolina-3South CarolinaWon 20–3 at Vanderbilt+17VanderbiltLost 0–45 at LSU-45LSULost 6–32 at Tennessee-26TennesseeLost 11–28 vs. Mississippi State-17Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atMemphisL 16–⁠2145%
Sep 11vs6AlabamaW 10–⁠732%
Sep 18vsTulaneW 34–⁠775%
Sep 25atSouthern MissW 28–⁠050%
Oct 2vsAuburnL 0–⁠1067%
Oct 9vs4GeorgiaW 21–⁠1740%
Oct 16atSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠1046%
Oct 23atVanderbiltW 20–⁠362%
Oct 30atLSUL 0–⁠4552%
Nov 13atTennesseeL 6–⁠3239%
Nov 20vsMississippi StateL 11–⁠28won by forfeit35%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 28–⁠11; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20
  2. Wk 3: 17
  3. Wk 4: 16
  4. Wk 6: 16
Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
153–⁠180
Coach
Ken Cooper
Elo
1501 −37 this season
SP+ rating
7.4 No. 48 of 132; offense No. 96, defense No. 20
SRS
6.9 No. 35 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

  • Kem ColemanLBAP-2
  • Charlie MossDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠110–⁠210
Alabama5–⁠29–⁠311
Mississippi State4–⁠29–⁠220
Kentucky4–⁠28–⁠418
Florida4–⁠28–⁠4
Ole Miss3–⁠45–⁠6
LSU2–⁠46–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠46–⁠5
Auburn2–⁠43–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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