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1993 Ole Miss

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Billy Brewer. Officially 6–⁠5. Alabama forfeited to Ole Miss.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “Alabama would later forfeit all of their 1993 wins, bringing Ole Miss’s official record to 6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 SEC).”

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1993, game by game: lost at Auburn 12–16; won vs. Chattanooga 40–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 49–7; won vs. Georgia 31–14; lost at Kentucky 0–21; won vs. Arkansas 19–0; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 14–19; lost at LSU 17–19; lost at Memphis 3–19; won vs. Northern Illinois 44–0; lost at Mississippi State 13–20+44−21Lost 12–16 at Auburn-4AuburnWon 40–7 vs. Chattanooga+33ChattanoogaWon 49–7 vs. Vanderbilt+42VanderbiltWon 31–14 vs. Georgia+17GeorgiaLost 0–21 at Kentucky-21KentuckyWon 19–0 vs. Arkansas+19ArkansasLost 14–19 vs. No. 4 Alabama-5No. 4 AlabamaLost 17–19 at LSU-2LSULost 3–19 at Memphis-16MemphisWon 44–0 vs. Northern Illinois+44Northern Illino…Lost 13–20 at Mississippi State-7Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atAuburnL 12–⁠1653%
Sep 11vsChattanoogaW 40–⁠787%
Sep 18vsVanderbiltW 49–⁠770%
Sep 25vsGeorgiaW 31–⁠1455%
Oct 2atKentuckyL 0–⁠2166%
Oct 16vsArkansasW 19–⁠072%
Oct 23vs4AlabamaL 14–⁠19won by forfeit34%
Oct 30atLSUL 17–⁠1968%
Nov 6atMemphisL 3–⁠1948%
Nov 13vsNorthern IllinoisW 44–⁠078%
Nov 27atMississippi StateL 13–⁠2054%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠142
Coach
Billy Brewer
Elo
1525 −52 this season
SP+ rating
10.8 No. 30 of 105; offense No. 74, defense No. 6
SRS
8.2 No. 31 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Beckish
Defensive coordinator
Joe Lee Dunn
Captains
Gary Abide, Clint Conlee, Johnny Dixon and DeWayne Dotson
Offense
Option
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Tim Bowens DTMiami Dolphins
Rd 4Dewayne Dotson LBDallas Cowboys

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn8–⁠011–⁠04
Florida7–⁠111–⁠25
Tennessee6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Alabama5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠114
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠55–⁠6
LSU3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Georgia2–⁠65–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠74–⁠7

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