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1983 Ole Miss

6–⁠6 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Brewer. Officially 7–⁠5. Tulane forfeited to Ole Miss. The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–⁠6, the results on the field.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1983, game by game: lost at Memphis 17–37; lost at Tulane 23–27; lost at No. 12 Alabama 0–40; won vs. Arkansas 13–10; lost vs. Southern Miss 7–27; lost vs. No. 11 Georgia 11–36; won at TCU 20–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 21–14; won vs. LSU 27–24; won at Tennessee 13–10; won vs. Mississippi State 24–23; lost vs. No. 16 Air Force 3–9+13−40Lost 17–37 at Memphis-20MemphisLost 23–27 at Tulane-4TulaneLost 0–40 at No. 12 Alabama-40No. 12 AlabamaWon 13–10 vs. Arkansas+3ArkansasLost 7–27 vs. Southern Miss-20Southern MissLost 11–36 vs. No. 11 Georgia-25No. 11 GeorgiaWon 20–7 at TCU+13TCUWon 21–14 vs. Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltWon 27–24 vs. LSU+3LSUWon 13–10 at Tennessee+3TennesseeWon 24–23 vs. Mississippi State+1Mississippi Sta…Lost 3–9 vs. No. 16 Air Force-6No. 16 Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atMemphisL 17–⁠3757%
Sep 10atTulaneL 23–⁠27won by forfeit37%
Sep 17at12AlabamaL 0–⁠4017%
Sep 24vsArkansasW 13–⁠1026%
Oct 1vsSouthern MissL 7–⁠2736%
Oct 8vs11GeorgiaL 11–⁠3618%
Oct 15atTCUW 20–⁠739%
Oct 22vsVanderbiltW 21–⁠1447%
Oct 29vsLSUW 27–⁠2444%
Nov 12atTennesseeW 13–⁠1023%
Nov 19vsMississippi StateW 24–⁠2361%
Dec 10Bowls & playoffvs16Air ForceIndependence BowlL 3–⁠932%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Air Force 9–⁠3 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
179–⁠264
Coach
Billy Brewer
Elo
1480 +21 this season
SP+ rating
-0.4 No. 62 of 108; offense No. 82, defense No. 36
SRS
−0.3 No. 56 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Robert McGraw
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 2Andre Townsend DEDenver Broncos

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Florida4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠16
Tennessee4–⁠29–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠415
Ole Miss4–⁠26–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠53–⁠8
LSU0–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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