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1985 Ole Miss

4–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Brewer.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1985, game by game: tied at Memphis 17–17; lost vs. No. 14 Arkansas 19–24; won vs. Arkansas State 18–16; won at Tulane 27–10; lost at No. 14 Auburn 0–41; lost vs. No. 18 Georgia 21–49; won vs. Vanderbilt 35–7; lost vs. No. 16 LSU 0–14; lost at Notre Dame 14–37; lost at No. 18 Tennessee 14–34; won vs. Mississippi State 45–27+28−41Tied 17–17 at Memphis0MemphisLost 19–24 vs. No. 14 Arkansas-5No. 14 ArkansasWon 18–16 vs. Arkansas State+2Arkansas StateWon 27–10 at Tulane+17TulaneLost 0–41 at No. 14 Auburn-41No. 14 AuburnLost 21–49 vs. No. 18 Georgia-28No. 18 GeorgiaWon 35–7 vs. Vanderbilt+28VanderbiltLost 0–14 vs. No. 16 LSU-14No. 16 LSULost 14–37 at Notre Dame-23Notre DameLost 14–34 at No. 18 Tennessee-20No. 18 TennesseeWon 45–27 vs. Mississippi State+18Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atMemphisT 17–⁠1734%
Sep 14vs14ArkansasL 19–⁠2445%
Sep 21vsArkansas StateW 18–⁠1674%
Sep 28atTulaneW 27–⁠1053%
Oct 5at14AuburnL 0–⁠4125%
Oct 12vs18GeorgiaL 21–⁠4938%
Oct 26vsVanderbiltW 35–⁠763%
Nov 2vs16LSUL 0–⁠1438%
Nov 9atNotre DameL 14–⁠3724%
Nov 16at18TennesseeL 14–⁠3419%
Nov 23vsMississippi StateW 45–⁠2753%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 45–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 88th-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 1985.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
210–⁠276
Coach
Billy Brewer
Elo
1465 −14 this season
SP+ rating
0.8 No. 55 of 106; offense No. 52, defense No. 59
SRS
0.4 No. 56 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Robert McGraw
Defensive coordinator
Carl Torbush

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1985 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1985 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠24
LSU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠120
Alabama4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠113
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠38–⁠4
Ole Miss2–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kentucky1–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State0–⁠65–⁠6

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