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1996 Ole Miss

5–⁠6 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Tommy Tuberville.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1996, game by game: won vs. Idaho State 38–14; won vs. VMI 31–7; lost vs. No. 15 Auburn 28–45; won at Vanderbilt 20–9; lost vs. No. 9 Tennessee 3–41; lost at No. 7 Alabama 0–37; won vs. Arkansas State 38–21; lost at Arkansas 7–13; lost vs. No. 17 LSU 7–39; won at Georgia 31–27; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–17+24−38Won 38–14 vs. Idaho State+24Idaho StateWon 31–7 vs. VMI+24VMILost 28–45 vs. No. 15 Auburn-17No. 15 AuburnWon 20–9 at Vanderbilt+11VanderbiltLost 3–41 vs. No. 9 Tennessee-38No. 9 TennesseeLost 0–37 at No. 7 Alabama-37No. 7 AlabamaWon 38–21 vs. Arkansas State+17Arkansas StateLost 7–13 at Arkansas-6ArkansasLost 7–39 vs. No. 17 LSU-32No. 17 LSUWon 31–27 at Georgia+4GeorgiaLost 0–17 vs. Mississippi State-17Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsIdaho StateW 38–⁠1484%
Sep 7vsVMIW 31–⁠784%
Sep 14vs15AuburnL 28–⁠4544%
Sep 21atVanderbiltW 20–⁠956%
Oct 3vs9TennesseeL 3–⁠4128%
Oct 19at7AlabamaL 0–⁠3720%
Oct 26vsArkansas StateW 38–⁠2174%
Nov 9atArkansasL 7–⁠1350%
Nov 16vs17LSUL 7–⁠3943%
Nov 23atGeorgiaW 31–⁠2733%
Nov 30vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠1766%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 17–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 97th-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 1996.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
203–⁠270
Coach
Tommy Tuberville
Elo
1436 −70 this season
SP+ rating
-10.3 No. 84 of 111; offense No. 95, defense No. 59
SRS
−11.0 No. 88 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Noel Mazzone
Defensive coordinator
Art Kaufman
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 7Kris Mangum TECarolina Panthers

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida8–⁠012–⁠11
Tennessee7–⁠110–⁠29
LSU6–⁠210–⁠212
Alabama6–⁠210–⁠311
Auburn4–⁠48–⁠424
South Carolina4–⁠46–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠54–⁠7
Ole Miss2–⁠65–⁠6
Arkansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠82–⁠9

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