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1978 Ole Miss

5–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Steve Sloan.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1978, game by game: won vs. Memphis 14–7; lost at No. 17 Missouri 14–45; won vs. Southern Miss 16–13; lost at Georgia 3–42; lost vs. Kentucky 17–24; lost at South Carolina 17–18; won at Vanderbilt 35–10; lost at No. 12 LSU 8–30; won vs. Tulane 13–3; lost at Tennessee 17–41; won vs. Mississippi State 27–7+25−39Won 14–7 vs. Memphis+7MemphisLost 14–45 at No. 17 Missouri-31No. 17 MissouriWon 16–13 vs. Southern Miss+3Southern MissLost 3–42 at Georgia-39GeorgiaLost 17–24 vs. Kentucky-7KentuckyLost 17–18 at South Carolina-1South CarolinaWon 35–10 at Vanderbilt+25VanderbiltLost 8–30 at No. 12 LSU-22No. 12 LSUWon 13–3 vs. Tulane+10TulaneLost 17–41 at Tennessee-24TennesseeWon 27–7 vs. Mississippi State+20Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsMemphisW 14–⁠754%
Sep 23at17MissouriL 14–⁠4540%
Sep 30vsSouthern MissW 16–⁠1358%
Oct 7atGeorgiaL 3–⁠4240%
Oct 14vsKentuckyL 17–⁠2440%
Oct 21atSouth CarolinaL 17–⁠1835%
Oct 28atVanderbiltW 35–⁠1062%
Nov 4at12LSUL 8–⁠3024%
Nov 11vsTulaneW 13–⁠360%
Nov 18atTennesseeL 17–⁠4145%
Nov 25vsMississippi StateW 27–⁠741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠240
Coach
Steve Sloan
Elo
1495 −9 this season
SP+ rating
-1.8 No. 79 of 133; offense No. 89, defense No. 69
SRS
0.8 No. 64 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Cropp
Defensive coordinator
George MacIntyre
Captains
Bobby Garner, Lawrence Johnson and Curtis Weathers

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1978 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠11
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠116
Auburn3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠38–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠34–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Ole Miss2–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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