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1976 Southern Miss

2–⁠9, coached by Bobby Collins. Officially 3–⁠8. Mississippi State forfeited to Southern Miss.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1976, game by game: lost at East Carolina 0–48; lost at Virginia Tech 7–16; lost vs. No. 17 Ole Miss 0–28; lost vs. Cincinnati 21–28; lost at Alabama 8–24; lost at BYU 19–63; lost vs. No. 20 Mississippi State 6–14; lost at Florida State 27–30; lost at Louisiana Tech 22–23; won vs. Memphis 14–12; won vs. Texas–Arlington 21–10+11−48Lost 0–48 at East Carolina-48East CarolinaLost 7–16 at Virginia Tech-9Virginia TechLost 0–28 vs. No. 17 Ole Miss-28No. 17 Ole MissLost 21–28 vs. Cincinnati-7CincinnatiLost 8–24 at Alabama-16AlabamaLost 19–63 at BYU-44BYULost 6–14 vs. No. 20 Mississippi State-8No. 20 Mississippi Sta…Lost 27–30 at Florida State-3Florida StateLost 22–23 at Louisiana Tech-1Louisiana TechWon 14–12 vs. Memphis+2MemphisWon 21–10 vs. Texas–Arlington+11Texas–Arlington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atEast CarolinaL 0–⁠4843%
Sep 18atVirginia TechL 7–⁠1639%
Sep 25vs17Ole MissL 0–⁠2850%
Oct 2vsCincinnatiL 21–⁠2848%
Oct 9atAlabamaL 8–⁠2416%
Oct 16atBYUL 19–⁠6329%
Oct 23vs20Mississippi StateL 6–⁠14won by forfeit33%
Nov 6atFlorida StateL 27–⁠3041%
Nov 13atLouisiana TechL 22–⁠2329%
Nov 20vsMemphisW 14–⁠1235%
Nov 27vsTexas–ArlingtonW 21–⁠1053%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas–Arlington 21–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 55th-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 1976.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
145–⁠296
Coach
Bobby Collins
Elo
1432 −123 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 71 of 132; offense No. 65, defense No. 70
SRS
−4.9 No. 93 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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