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1982 Ole Miss

4–⁠7 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Steve Sloan.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1982, game by game: won vs. Memphis 27–10; won vs. Southern Miss 28–19; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 14–42; lost at No. 9 Arkansas 12–14; lost at No. 5 Georgia 10–33; won vs. TCU 27–9; lost at Vanderbilt 10–19; lost at No. 13 LSU 8–45; won vs. Tulane 45–14; lost vs. Tennessee 17–30; lost at Mississippi State 10–27+31−37Won 27–10 vs. Memphis+17MemphisWon 28–19 vs. Southern Miss+9Southern MissLost 14–42 vs. No. 4 Alabama-28No. 4 AlabamaLost 12–14 at No. 9 Arkansas-2No. 9 ArkansasLost 10–33 at No. 5 Georgia-23No. 5 GeorgiaWon 27–9 vs. TCU+18TCULost 10–19 at Vanderbilt-9VanderbiltLost 8–45 at No. 13 LSU-37No. 13 LSUWon 45–14 vs. Tulane+31TulaneLost 17–30 vs. Tennessee-13TennesseeLost 10–27 at Mississippi State-17Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsMemphisW 27–⁠1071%
Sep 11vsSouthern MissW 28–⁠1936%
Sep 18vs4AlabamaL 14–⁠4231%
Sep 25at9ArkansasL 12–⁠1424%
Oct 9at5GeorgiaL 10–⁠3316%
Oct 16vsTCUW 27–⁠965%
Oct 23atVanderbiltL 10–⁠1947%
Oct 30at13LSUL 8–⁠4529%
Nov 6vsTulaneW 45–⁠1454%
Nov 13vsTennesseeL 17–⁠3049%
Nov 20atMississippi StateL 10–⁠2733%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 27–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
208–⁠262
Coach
Steve Sloan
Elo
1439 −21 this season
SP+ rating
2.8 No. 52 of 109; offense No. 50, defense No. 57
SRS
3.5 No. 45 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Cropp
Defensive coordinator
Bill Canty

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Pat PhenixOTAP-2; UPI

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠011–⁠14
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠111
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠314
Vanderbilt4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠38–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠38–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss0–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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