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1973 Southern Miss

6–⁠4–⁠1, coached by P.W. Underwood.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1973, game by game: lost vs. East Carolina 0–13; lost at No. 15 Florida 13–14; lost at Ole Miss 0–41; won at Chattanooga 42–7; lost at Richmond 20–42; won at Texas–Arlington 41–14; tied at Mississippi State 10–10; won vs. Weber State 28–7; won at Memphis 13–10; won at West Texas 28–0; won vs. Utah State 32–8+35−41Lost 0–13 vs. East Carolina-13East CarolinaLost 13–14 at No. 15 Florida-1No. 15 FloridaLost 0–41 at Ole Miss-41Ole MissWon 42–7 at Chattanooga+35ChattanoogaLost 20–42 at Richmond-22RichmondWon 41–14 at Texas–Arlington+27Texas–ArlingtonTied 10–10 at Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Won 28–7 vs. Weber State+21Weber StateWon 13–10 at Memphis+3MemphisWon 28–0 at West Texas+28West TexasWon 32–8 vs. Utah State+24Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsEast CarolinaL 0–⁠1353%
Sep 22at15FloridaL 13–⁠1422%
Sep 29atOle MissL 0–⁠4126%
Oct 6atChattanoogaW 42–⁠777%
Oct 13atRichmondL 20–⁠4226%
Oct 20atTexas–ArlingtonW 41–⁠1446%
Oct 27atMississippi StateT 10–⁠1027%
Nov 3vsWeber StateW 28–⁠787%
Nov 10atMemphisW 13–⁠1026%
Nov 17atWest TexasW 28–⁠067%
Nov 22vsUtah StateW 32–⁠843%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 32–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 90 on file).

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
227–⁠166
Coach
P.W. Underwood
Elo
1507 +80 this season
SP+ rating
11.1 No. 33 of 123; offense No. 64, defense No. 24
SRS
3.3 No. 57 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 2Fred Cook DEBaltimore Colts
Rd 6Doyle Orange RBAtlanta Falcons