2006 Ole Miss

4–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ed Orgeron. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Northwestern State 27–⁠7Nov 4
By 20 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 3	vsMemphis	W 28–⁠25	44%
Sep 9	atMissouri	L 7–⁠34	30%
Sep 16	atKentucky	L 14–⁠31	41%
Sep 23	vsWake Forest	L 3–⁠27	41%
Sep 30	vs10Georgia	L 9–⁠14	16%
Oct 7	vsVanderbilt	W 17–⁠10	47%
Oct 14	atAlabama	L 23–⁠26	17%
Oct 21	at15Arkansas	L 3–⁠38	19%
Oct 28	vs7Auburn	L 17–⁠23	19%
Nov 4	vsNorthwestern State	W 27–⁠7	63%
Nov 18	at9LSU	L 20–⁠23	9%
Nov 25	vsMississippi State	W 20–⁠17	54%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Butkus AwardPatrick Willis, LB

Consensus All-AmericanPatrick Willis, LB

Record: 4–⁠8
Conference: 2–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 188–⁠275
Coach: Ed Orgeron
Elo: 1396 −26 this season
SP+ rating: -3.2 No. 72 of 119; offense No. 81, defense No. 64, special teams No. 46
SRS: −4.4 No. 76 of 119 in FBS
Recruiting class: No. 15

Offensive coordinator: Dan Werner
Captains: Andrew Wicker and Patrick Willis
Offense: Spread
Defense: 4–⁠3

How good, play by play

Offense113th of 119
Defense78th of 119

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		-0.07	37%	0.80	113th of 119
Defense		0.07	44%	0.86	78th of 119

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		0.0	own 31	4% allowed
Defense		0.0	own 32	1% 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 2006 class

Allen Walker S	★★★★	No. 51
Cordera Eason RB	★★★★	No. 124
Markeith Summers WR	★★★★	No. 145
Marcus Tillman SDE	★★★★	No. 237
Jonathan Cornell OLB	★★★★	No. 240

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

The 2006 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Running backs	2	3.5	0.877
Receivers	3	3.3	0.884
Offensive line	2	2.5	0.800
Defensive line	2	3.5	0.895
Linebackers	2	3.5	0.868
Defensive backs	1	4.0	0.978
Athletes and specialists	2	2.0	0.778
Whole class	14	3.1	0.862

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 2007

The 2007 draft

Rd 1	Patrick Willis LB	San Francisco 49ers
Rd 7	Trumaine McBride DB	Chicago Bears

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

BenJarvus Green-EllisRBAP-1; Coaches-2
Patrick WillisLBAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

Michael OherOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 2006 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2006 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Florida	7–⁠1	13–⁠1	1
Arkansas	7–⁠1	10–⁠4	15
LSU	6–⁠2	11–⁠2	3
Auburn	6–⁠2	11–⁠2	9
Tennessee	5–⁠3	9–⁠4	25
Georgia	4–⁠4	9–⁠4	23
Kentucky	4–⁠4	8–⁠5
South Carolina	3–⁠5	8–⁠5
Alabama	2–⁠6	6–⁠7
Ole Miss	2–⁠6	4–⁠8
Vanderbilt	1–⁠7	4–⁠8
Mississippi State	1–⁠7	3–⁠9

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