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1999 Ole Miss

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by David Cutcliffe, finished No. 22 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1999, game by game: won at Memphis 3–0; won vs. Arkansas State 38–14; lost vs. Vanderbilt 34–37; won at Auburn 24–17; won at South Carolina 36–10; won vs. Tulane 20–13; lost vs. No. 11 Alabama 24–30; won at LSU 42–23; won vs. Arkansas 38–16; lost vs. No. 21 Georgia 17–20; lost at No. 18 Mississippi State 20–23; won vs. Oklahoma 27–25+26−6Won 3–0 at Memphis+3MemphisWon 38–14 vs. Arkansas State+24Arkansas StateLost 34–37 vs. Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltWon 24–17 at Auburn+7AuburnWon 36–10 at South Carolina+26South CarolinaWon 20–13 vs. Tulane+7TulaneLost 24–30 vs. No. 11 Alabama-6No. 11 AlabamaWon 42–23 at LSU+19LSUWon 38–16 vs. Arkansas+22ArkansasLost 17–20 vs. No. 21 Georgia-3No. 21 GeorgiaLost 20–23 at No. 18 Mississippi State-3No. 18 Mississippi Sta…Won 27–25 vs. Oklahoma+2Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atMemphisW 3–⁠062%
Sep 11vsArkansas StateW 38–⁠1484%
Sep 18vsVanderbiltL 34–⁠3779%
Sep 25atAuburnW 24–⁠1736%
Oct 2atSouth CarolinaW 36–⁠1069%
Oct 9vsTulaneW 20–⁠1355%
Oct 16vs11AlabamaL 24–⁠3058%
Oct 30atLSUW 42–⁠2356%
Nov 6vsArkansasW 38–⁠1657%
Nov 20vs21GeorgiaL 17–⁠2063%
Nov 25at18Mississippi StateL 20–⁠2343%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsOklahomaIndependence BowlW 27–⁠2550%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma 27–⁠25 in the Independence Bowl; No. 22 in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 22
  2. Wk 9: 25
  3. Wk 10: 25
  4. Wk 11: 23
  5. Wk 12: 18
  6. Wk 13: 16
  7. Wk 14: 23
  8. Final: 22

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 1999.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 22 peak No. 16
Points
323–⁠228
Coach
David Cutcliffe
Elo
1603 +71 this season
SP+ rating
12.7 No. 26 of 114; offense No. 48, defense No. 20
SRS
10.8 No. 21 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Art Kaufman
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 2Todd Wade OTMiami Dolphins
Rd 3Kendrick Clancy DTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Tutan Reyes OTNew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

2 first team, 7 second team

First team

Second team

  • Joe GunnRBAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Cory PetersonWRAP-2
  • Tutan ReyesOGCoaches-2
  • Kendrick ClancyDTAP-2
  • Armegis SpearmanLBAP-2
  • Eddie StrongLBCoaches-2
  • Les BinkleyKAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠38
Florida7–⁠19–⁠412
Mississippi State6–⁠210–⁠213
Tennessee6–⁠29–⁠39
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠416
Ole Miss4–⁠48–⁠422
Arkansas4–⁠48–⁠417
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
LSU1–⁠73–⁠8
South Carolina0–⁠80–⁠11

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