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1977 Ole Miss

5–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ken Cooper. Officially 6–⁠5. Mississippi State forfeited to Ole Miss.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “In 1978 their record was updated to six wins and five losses (6–⁠5 overall, 3–⁠4 in the SEC) after Mississippi State was forced by the NCAA to forfeit their win over the Rebels for playing an ineligible player.”

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1977, game by game: won vs. Memphis 7–3; lost at No. 6 Alabama 13–34; won vs. No. 3 Notre Dame 20–13; lost vs. Southern Miss 19–27; lost at Auburn 15–21; lost at Georgia 13–14; won vs. South Carolina 17–10; won vs. Vanderbilt 26–14; lost vs. LSU 21–28; won vs. Tennessee 43–14; lost vs. Mississippi State 14–18+29−21Won 7–3 vs. Memphis+4MemphisLost 13–34 at No. 6 Alabama-21No. 6 AlabamaWon 20–13 vs. No. 3 Notre Dame+7No. 3 Notre DameLost 19–27 vs. Southern Miss-8Southern MissLost 15–21 at Auburn-6AuburnLost 13–14 at Georgia-1GeorgiaWon 17–10 vs. South Carolina+7South CarolinaWon 26–14 vs. Vanderbilt+12VanderbiltLost 21–28 vs. LSU-7LSUWon 43–14 vs. Tennessee+29TennesseeLost 14–18 vs. Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsMemphisW 7–⁠354%
Sep 10at6AlabamaL 13–⁠3422%
Sep 17vs3Notre DameW 20–⁠1336%
Sep 24vsSouthern MissL 19–⁠2767%
Oct 1atAuburnL 15–⁠2145%
Oct 8atGeorgiaL 13–⁠1423%
Oct 15vsSouth CarolinaW 17–⁠1048%
Oct 22vsVanderbiltW 26–⁠1475%
Oct 29vsLSUL 21–⁠2850%
Nov 12vsTennesseeW 43–⁠1456%
Nov 19vsMississippi StateL 14–⁠18won by forfeit48%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 18–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
208–⁠196
Coach
Ken Cooper
Elo
1506 +5 this season
SP+ rating
11.9 No. 29 of 140; offense No. 52, defense No. 23
SRS
10.3 No. 32 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 6Ken Coleman LBNew England Patriots
Rd 7George Plasketes LBGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Curtis WeathersTEAP-2
  • Kem ColemanLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠12
Kentucky6–⁠010–⁠16
LSU4–⁠28–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠25–⁠6
Florida3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠6
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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