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1989 Ole Miss

8–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Brewer.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1989, game by game: won at Memphis 20–13; won at Florida 24–19; won vs. Arkansas State 34–31; lost vs. No. 8 Arkansas 17–24; lost vs. No. 13 Alabama 27–62; won vs. Georgia 17–13; won at Tulane 32–28; won vs. Vanderbilt 24–16; lost vs. LSU 30–35; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 21–33; won vs. Mississippi State 21–11; won vs. Air Force 42–29+13−35Won 20–13 at Memphis+7MemphisWon 24–19 at Florida+5FloridaWon 34–31 vs. Arkansas State+3Arkansas StateLost 17–24 vs. No. 8 Arkansas-7No. 8 ArkansasLost 27–62 vs. No. 13 Alabama-35No. 13 AlabamaWon 17–13 vs. Georgia+4GeorgiaWon 32–28 at Tulane+4TulaneWon 24–16 vs. Vanderbilt+8VanderbiltLost 30–35 vs. LSU-5LSULost 21–33 at No. 9 Tennessee-12No. 9 TennesseeWon 21–11 vs. Mississippi State+10Mississippi Sta…Won 42–29 vs. Air Force+13Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atMemphisW 20–⁠1340%
Sep 9atFloridaW 24–⁠1938%
Sep 16vsArkansas StateW 34–⁠3175%
Sep 23vs8ArkansasL 17–⁠2442%
Oct 7vs13AlabamaL 27–⁠6237%
Oct 14vsGeorgiaW 17–⁠1342%
Oct 21atTulaneW 32–⁠2855%
Oct 28vsVanderbiltW 24–⁠1676%
Nov 4vsLSUL 30–⁠3561%
Nov 18at9TennesseeL 21–⁠3324%
Nov 25vsMississippi StateW 21–⁠1166%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvsAir ForceLiberty BowlW 42–⁠2940%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Air Force 42–⁠29 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
309–⁠314
Coach
Billy Brewer
Elo
1547 +70 this season
SP+ rating
7.8 No. 36 of 103; offense No. 35, defense No. 49
SRS
5.2 No. 37 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Red Parker
Defensive coordinator
Robert Henry

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Tony Bennett LBGreen Bay Packers

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠111–⁠15
Auburn6–⁠110–⁠26
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠29
Ole Miss4–⁠38–⁠4
Florida4–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia4–⁠36–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠56–⁠5
LSU2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠71–⁠10

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