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1975 Southern Miss

7–⁠4, coached by Bobby Collins. Officially 8–⁠3. Mississippi State forfeited to Southern Miss.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1975, game by game: won at Weber State 14–10; lost at Bowling Green 14–16; lost at Ole Miss 8–24; lost at Mississippi State 3–7; won at Memphis 21–7; won at Texas–Arlington 34–7; won at Louisiana Tech 24–14; won vs. Lamar 43–3; lost at No. 5 Alabama 6–27; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 70–0; won vs. BYU 42–14+70−21Won 14–10 at Weber State+4Weber StateLost 14–16 at Bowling Green-2Bowling GreenLost 8–24 at Ole Miss-16Ole MissLost 3–7 at Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…Won 21–7 at Memphis+14MemphisWon 34–7 at Texas–Arlington+27Texas–ArlingtonWon 24–14 at Louisiana Tech+10Louisiana TechWon 43–3 vs. Lamar+40LamarLost 6–27 at No. 5 Alabama-21No. 5 AlabamaWon 70–0 vs. Cal State Fullerton+70Cal State Fulle…Won 42–14 vs. BYU+28BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atWeber StateW 14–⁠1085%
Sep 20atBowling GreenL 14–⁠1634%
Sep 27atOle MissL 8–⁠2450%
Oct 4atMississippi StateL 3–⁠7won by forfeit34%
Oct 11atMemphisW 21–⁠736%
Oct 18atTexas–ArlingtonW 34–⁠763%
Oct 25atLouisiana TechW 24–⁠1431%
Nov 8vsLamarW 43–⁠377%
Nov 15at5AlabamaL 6–⁠2717%
Nov 22vsCal State FullertonW 70–⁠093%
Nov 29vsBYUW 42–⁠1458%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 42–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 16th-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 1975.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
279–⁠129
Coach
Bobby Collins
Elo
1582 +93 this season
SP+ rating
21.4 No. 10 of 132; offense No. 20, defense No. 11
SRS
13.5 No. 22 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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