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1984 Ole Miss

4–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Brewer.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1984, game by game: won vs. Memphis 22–6; tied vs. Arkansas 14–14; won vs. Louisiana Tech 14–8; won vs. Tulane 19–14; lost vs. No. 18 Auburn 13–17; lost at No. 15 Georgia 12–18; lost at Southern Miss 10–13; lost at Vanderbilt 20–37; lost at No. 15 LSU 29–32; lost vs. Tennessee 17–41; won vs. Mississippi State 24–3+21−24Won 22–6 vs. Memphis+16MemphisTied 14–14 vs. Arkansas0ArkansasWon 14–8 vs. Louisiana Tech+6Louisiana TechWon 19–14 vs. Tulane+5TulaneLost 13–17 vs. No. 18 Auburn-4No. 18 AuburnLost 12–18 at No. 15 Georgia-6No. 15 GeorgiaLost 10–13 at Southern Miss-3Southern MissLost 20–37 at Vanderbilt-17VanderbiltLost 29–32 at No. 15 LSU-3No. 15 LSULost 17–41 vs. Tennessee-24TennesseeWon 24–3 vs. Mississippi State+21Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsMemphisW 22–⁠652%
Sep 15vsArkansasT 14–⁠1454%
Sep 22vsLouisiana TechW 14–⁠879%
Sep 29vsTulaneW 19–⁠1475%
Oct 6vs18AuburnL 13–⁠1736%
Oct 13at15GeorgiaL 12–⁠1822%
Oct 20atSouthern MissL 10–⁠1349%
Oct 27atVanderbiltL 20–⁠3743%
Nov 3at15LSUL 29–⁠3227%
Nov 17vsTennesseeL 17–⁠4137%
Nov 24vsMississippi StateW 24–⁠354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 24–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠203
Coach
Billy Brewer
Elo
1469 −18 this season
SP+ rating
4.0 No. 57 of 106; offense No. 71, defense No. 29
SRS
5.2 No. 39 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Robert McGraw
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 1Freddie Joe Nunn DESt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 3Tim Moffett WRLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 5Lee Davis DBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 7James Harbour WRIndianapolis Colts

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠115
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠414
Georgia4–⁠27–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky3–⁠39–⁠319
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama2–⁠45–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠7

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