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1970 Southern Miss

5–⁠6, coached by P.W. Underwood.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1970, game by game: won at Louisiana 16–14; lost at Auburn 14–33; won vs. Texas–Arlington 26–20; won vs. Richmond 43–21; lost at San Diego State 14–41; won at No. 4 Ole Miss 30–14; lost at Mississippi State 15–51; lost at Memphis 0–33; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 6–27; lost at West Texas 11–14; won vs. Trinity (Texas) 53–31+22−36Won 16–14 at Louisiana+2LouisianaLost 14–33 at Auburn-19AuburnWon 26–20 vs. Texas–Arlington+6Texas–ArlingtonWon 43–21 vs. Richmond+22RichmondLost 14–41 at San Diego State-27San Diego StateWon 30–14 at No. 4 Ole Miss+16No. 4 Ole MissLost 15–51 at Mississippi State-36Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–33 at Memphis-33MemphisLost 6–27 vs. Louisiana Tech-21Louisiana TechLost 11–14 at West Texas-3West TexasWon 53–31 vs. Trinity (Texas)+22Trinity (Texas)
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atLouisianaW 16–⁠1480%
Sep 19atAuburnL 14–⁠3319%
Sep 26vsTexas–ArlingtonW 26–⁠2086%
Oct 3vsRichmondW 43–⁠2150%
Oct 10atSan Diego StateL 14–⁠4123%
Oct 17at4Ole MissW 30–⁠1414%
Oct 24atMississippi StateL 15–⁠5149%
Oct 31atMemphisL 0–⁠3328%
Nov 14vsLouisiana TechL 6–⁠2781%
Nov 21atWest TexasL 11–⁠1426%
Nov 28vsTrinity (Texas)W 53–⁠3178%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Trinity (Texas) 53–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 90 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 1970.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
228–⁠299
Coach
P.W. Underwood
Elo
1396 −31 this season
SP+ rating
0.8 No. 65 of 117; offense No. 41, defense No. 90
SRS
−5.9 No. 81 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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