2004 Ole Miss

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by David Cutcliffe. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest upsetBeat No. 25 South Carolina 31–⁠28Oct 9
South Carolina was ranked No. 25, above it.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 4	vsMemphis	L 13–⁠20	63%
Sep 11	atAlabama	L 7–⁠28	46%
Sep 18	vsVanderbilt	W 26–⁠23	80%
Sep 25	atWyoming	L 32–⁠37	62%
Oct 2	vsArkansas State	W 28–⁠21	78%
Oct 9	at25South Carolina	W 31–⁠28	35%
Oct 16	vs13Tennessee	L 17–⁠21	45%
Oct 30	vs3Auburn	L 14–⁠35	34%
Nov 13	atArkansas	L 3–⁠35	36%
Nov 20	at14LSU	L 24–⁠27	16%
Nov 27	vsMississippi State	W 20–⁠3	72%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 20–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record: 4–⁠7
Conference: 3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 215–⁠278
Coach: David Cutcliffe
Elo: 1496 −94 this season
SP+ rating: -1.6 No. 73 of 120; offense No. 93, defense No. 45
SRS: −4.0 No. 76 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class: No. 33

Offensive coordinator: John Latina
Defensive coordinator: Chuck Driesbach
Offense: Pro-style
Defense: 3–⁠4

How good, play by play

Offense46th of 118
Defense54th of 118

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		-0.04	38%	0.89	46th of 118
Defense		-0.04	34%	1.21	54th of 118

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		-0.1	own 30	2% allowed
Defense		0.0	own 32	2% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Garry Pack ILB	★★★★	No. 80
Peria Jerry SDE	★★★	No. 821
Brandon Thomas ILB	★★	No. 831
JaMarca Sanford OLB	★★	No. 1839
David Traxler OT	★★	No. 1839

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2004 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Offensive line	2	2.0	0.744
Defensive line	1	3.0	0.800
Linebackers	4	2.5	0.806
Whole class	7	2.4	0.788

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft

Rd 1	Chris Spencer C	Seattle Seahawks
Rd 2	Marcus Johnson OG	Minnesota Vikings
Rd 7	Rick Razzano RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

All-SEC

4 second team

Second team

Doug BucklesOGCoaches-2
Marcus JohnsonOTAP-2
McKinley BoykinDTCoaches-2
Jonathan NicholsKCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 2004 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2004 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Auburn	8–⁠0	13–⁠0	2
Tennessee	7–⁠1	10–⁠3	13
Georgia	6–⁠2	10–⁠2	7
LSU	6–⁠2	9–⁠3	16
Florida	4–⁠4	7–⁠5
South Carolina	4–⁠4	6–⁠5
Alabama	3–⁠5	6–⁠6
Arkansas	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Ole Miss	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Mississippi State	2–⁠6	3–⁠8
Vanderbilt	1–⁠7	2–⁠9
Kentucky	1–⁠7	2–⁠9

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