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1979 Ole Miss

4–⁠7 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Steve Sloan.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1979, game by game: won at Memphis 38–34; lost vs. No. 9 Missouri 7–33; lost at Southern Miss 8–38; lost vs. Georgia 21–24; lost at Kentucky 3–14; lost at South Carolina 14–21; won vs. Vanderbilt 63–28; lost vs. LSU 24–28; lost at Tulane 15–49; won vs. No. 19 Tennessee 44–20; won vs. Mississippi State 14–9+35−34Won 38–34 at Memphis+4MemphisLost 7–33 vs. No. 9 Missouri-26No. 9 MissouriLost 8–38 at Southern Miss-30Southern MissLost 21–24 vs. Georgia-3GeorgiaLost 3–14 at Kentucky-11KentuckyLost 14–21 at South Carolina-7South CarolinaWon 63–28 vs. Vanderbilt+35VanderbiltLost 24–28 vs. LSU-4LSULost 15–49 at Tulane-34TulaneWon 44–20 vs. No. 19 Tennessee+24No. 19 TennesseeWon 14–9 vs. Mississippi State+5Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atMemphisW 38–⁠3446%
Sep 22vs9MissouriL 7–⁠3343%
Sep 29atSouthern MissL 8–⁠3839%
Oct 6vsGeorgiaL 21–⁠2449%
Oct 13atKentuckyL 3–⁠1433%
Oct 20atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠2125%
Oct 27vsVanderbiltW 63–⁠2876%
Nov 3vsLSUL 24–⁠2836%
Nov 10atTulaneL 15–⁠4927%
Nov 17vs19TennesseeW 44–⁠2033%
Nov 24vsMississippi StateW 14–⁠953%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 14–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 82nd-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 1979.

Consensus All-AmericanJim Miller, P

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
251–⁠298
Coach
Steve Sloan
Elo
1471 −26 this season
SP+ rating
2.6 No. 66 of 135; offense No. 27, defense No. 108
SRS
2.6 No. 59 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Cropp
Defensive coordinator
Paul Crane

Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 3Jim Miller PSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • John FourcadeQBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠012–⁠01
Georgia5–⁠16–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠28–⁠316
LSU4–⁠27–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠34–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠43–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10
Florida0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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