1998 Ole Miss

7–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Tommy Tuberville, then David Cutcliffe (bowl game).

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1998, game by game: won vs. Memphis 30–10; lost vs. Auburn 0–17; won at Vanderbilt 30–6; won at SMU 48–41; won vs. South Carolina 30–28; lost at Alabama 17–20; won vs. Arkansas State 30–17; won vs. LSU 37–31; lost at No. 11 Arkansas 0–34; lost at No. 14 Georgia 17–24; lost vs. No. 25 Mississippi State 6–28; won vs. Texas Tech 35–18+24−34Won 30–10 vs. Memphis+20MemphisLost 0–17 vs. Auburn-17AuburnWon 30–6 at Vanderbilt+24VanderbiltWon 48–41 at SMU+7SMUWon 30–28 vs. South Carolina+2South CarolinaLost 17–20 at Alabama-3AlabamaWon 30–17 vs. Arkansas State+13Arkansas StateWon 37–31 vs. LSU+6LSULost 0–34 at No. 11 Arkansas-34No. 11 ArkansasLost 17–24 at No. 14 Georgia-7No. 14 GeorgiaLost 6–28 vs. No. 25 Mississippi State-22No. 25 Mississippi Sta…Won 35–18 vs. Texas Tech+17Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsMemphisW 30–⁠1072%
Sep 12vsAuburnL 0–⁠1756%
Sep 19atVanderbiltW 30–⁠663%
Sep 26atSMUW 48–⁠4159%
Oct 3vsSouth CarolinaW 30–⁠2872%
Oct 10atAlabamaL 17–⁠2051%
Oct 24vsArkansas StateW 30–⁠1783%
Oct 31vsLSUW 37–⁠3146%
Nov 7at11ArkansasL 0–⁠3440%
Nov 21at14GeorgiaL 17–⁠2429%
Nov 26vs25Mississippi StateL 6–⁠2851%
Dec 31vsTexas TechIndependence BowlW 35–⁠1839%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas Tech 35–⁠18 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-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 1998.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
280–⁠274
Coach
Tommy Tuberville, then David Cutcliffe (bowl game)
Elo
1548 +9 this season
SP+ rating
-1.4 No. 63 of 112; offense No. 73, defense No. 47
SRS
−0.2 No. 56 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Noel Mazzone
Defensive coordinator
Art Kaufman
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee8–⁠013–⁠01
Florida7–⁠110–⁠25
Georgia6–⁠29–⁠314
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠316
Mississippi State6–⁠28–⁠5
Alabama4–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky4–⁠47–⁠5
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠5
LSU2–⁠64–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠73–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠72–⁠9
South Carolina0–⁠81–⁠10

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