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1988 Ole Miss

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Brewer.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1988, game by game: won vs. Memphis 24–6; lost vs. Florida 15–27; lost at Arkansas 13–21; lost at No. 15 Georgia 12–36; won at No. 12 Alabama 22–12; won vs. Arkansas State 25–22; won at Vanderbilt 36–28; lost at No. 13 LSU 20–31; lost vs. Tulane 9–14; lost vs. Tennessee 12–20; won vs. Mississippi State 33–6+27−24Won 24–6 vs. Memphis+18MemphisLost 15–27 vs. Florida-12FloridaLost 13–21 at Arkansas-8ArkansasLost 12–36 at No. 15 Georgia-24No. 15 GeorgiaWon 22–12 at No. 12 Alabama+10No. 12 AlabamaWon 25–22 vs. Arkansas State+3Arkansas StateWon 36–28 at Vanderbilt+8VanderbiltLost 20–31 at No. 13 LSU-11No. 13 LSULost 9–14 vs. Tulane-5TulaneLost 12–20 vs. Tennessee-8TennesseeWon 33–6 vs. Mississippi State+27Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsMemphisW 24–⁠659%
Sep 10vsFloridaL 15–⁠2743%
Sep 17atArkansasL 13–⁠2122%
Oct 1at15GeorgiaL 12–⁠3620%
Oct 8at12AlabamaW 22–⁠1217%
Oct 15vsArkansas StateW 25–⁠2276%
Oct 22atVanderbiltW 36–⁠2843%
Oct 29at13LSUL 20–⁠3122%
Nov 5vsTulaneL 9–⁠1473%
Nov 12vsTennesseeL 12–⁠2053%
Nov 26vsMississippi StateW 33–⁠671%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 33–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 87th-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 1988.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
221–⁠223
Coach
Billy Brewer
Elo
1465 +15 this season
SP+ rating
1.4 No. 53 of 102; offense No. 71, defense No. 33
SRS
2.2 No. 47 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Red Parker
Defensive coordinator
Robert Henry

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2Wesley Walls TESan Francisco 49ers
Rd 7Stevon Moore DBNew York Jets

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠28
LSU6–⁠18–⁠419
Georgia5–⁠29–⁠315
Alabama4–⁠39–⁠317
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss3–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠55–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠53–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠71–⁠10

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