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1987 Ole Miss

3–⁠8 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Brewer.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1987, game by game: lost at Memphis 10–16; lost vs. No. 13 Arkansas 10–31; won vs. Arkansas State 47–10; lost at Tulane 24–31; lost vs. No. 20 Georgia 14–31; lost at Kentucky 6–35; won vs. Louisiana 24–14; won vs. Vanderbilt 42–14; lost vs. No. 5 LSU 13–42; lost at No. 18 Tennessee 13–55; lost at Mississippi State 20–30+37−42Lost 10–16 at Memphis-6MemphisLost 10–31 vs. No. 13 Arkansas-21No. 13 ArkansasWon 47–10 vs. Arkansas State+37Arkansas StateLost 24–31 at Tulane-7TulaneLost 14–31 vs. No. 20 Georgia-17No. 20 GeorgiaLost 6–35 at Kentucky-29KentuckyWon 24–14 vs. Louisiana+10LouisianaWon 42–14 vs. Vanderbilt+28VanderbiltLost 13–42 vs. No. 5 LSU-29No. 5 LSULost 13–55 at No. 18 Tennessee-42No. 18 TennesseeLost 20–30 at Mississippi State-10Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atMemphisL 10–⁠1671%
Sep 12vs13ArkansasL 10–⁠3145%
Sep 19vsArkansas StateW 47–⁠1075%
Sep 26atTulaneL 24–⁠3155%
Oct 3vs20GeorgiaL 14–⁠3139%
Oct 10atKentuckyL 6–⁠3531%
Oct 17vsLouisianaW 24–⁠1457%
Oct 24vsVanderbiltW 42–⁠1473%
Oct 31vs5LSUL 13–⁠4226%
Nov 14at18TennesseeL 13–⁠5521%
Nov 21atMississippi StateL 20–⁠3047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 30–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 100th-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 1987.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
223–⁠309
Coach
Billy Brewer
Elo
1425 −121 this season
SP+ rating
-8.7 No. 78 of 101; offense No. 66, defense No. 77
SRS
−6.1 No. 68 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Canty
Defensive coordinator
Ron Case

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 4J.R. Ambrose WRKansas City Chiefs

All-SEC

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠27
LSU5–⁠110–⁠1–⁠15
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠110–⁠2–⁠114
Georgia4–⁠29–⁠313
Alabama4–⁠27–⁠5
Florida3–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky1–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Ole Miss1–⁠53–⁠8

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