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1968 Southern Miss

4–⁠6, coached by Pie Vann.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1968, game by game: won at SE Louisiana 27–15; lost at No. 7 Alabama 14–17; won vs. East Carolina 65–0; won at Mississippi State 47–14; lost at No. 16 Ole Miss 13–21; lost at Memphis 7–29; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 20–27; lost at San Diego State 7–68; lost vs. Richmond 7–33; won at Tampa 21–7+65−61Won 27–15 at SE Louisiana+12SE LouisianaLost 14–17 at No. 7 Alabama-3No. 7 AlabamaWon 65–0 vs. East Carolina+65East CarolinaWon 47–14 at Mississippi State+33Mississippi Sta…Lost 13–21 at No. 16 Ole Miss-8No. 16 Ole MissLost 7–29 at Memphis-22MemphisLost 20–27 vs. Louisiana Tech-7Louisiana TechLost 7–68 at San Diego State-61San Diego StateLost 7–33 vs. Richmond-26RichmondWon 21–7 at Tampa+14Tampa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atSE LouisianaW 27–⁠1589%
Sep 28at7AlabamaL 14–⁠1725%
Oct 5vsEast CarolinaW 65–⁠072%
Oct 12atMississippi StateW 47–⁠1471%
Oct 19at16Ole MissL 13–⁠2134%
Oct 26atMemphisL 7–⁠2940%
Nov 2vsLouisiana TechL 20–⁠2787%
Nov 9atSan Diego StateL 7–⁠6870%
Nov 16vsRichmondL 7–⁠3353%
Nov 23atTampaW 21–⁠742%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tampa 21–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 90 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
228–⁠231
Coach
Pie Vann
Elo
1408 −107 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
6.2 No. 45 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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