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1984 Southern Miss

4–⁠7, coached by Jim Carmody.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1984, game by game: lost at Georgia 19–26; won vs. Louisiana Tech 34–0; lost at No. 19 Auburn 12–35; lost at Memphis 13–23; lost at Mississippi State 18–27; lost at Tulane 7–35; won vs. Ole Miss 13–10; lost at Louisiana 7–13; lost vs. Northwestern State 0–22; won at East Carolina 31–27; won vs. Louisville 34–25+34−28Lost 19–26 at Georgia-7GeorgiaWon 34–0 vs. Louisiana Tech+34Louisiana TechLost 12–35 at No. 19 Auburn-23No. 19 AuburnLost 13–23 at Memphis-10MemphisLost 18–27 at Mississippi State-9Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–35 at Tulane-28TulaneWon 13–10 vs. Ole Miss+3Ole MissLost 7–13 at Louisiana-6LouisianaLost 0–22 vs. Northwestern State-22Northwestern St…Won 31–27 at East Carolina+4East CarolinaWon 34–25 vs. Louisville+9Louisville
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atGeorgiaL 19–⁠2628%
Sep 15vsLouisiana TechW 34–⁠081%
Sep 22at19AuburnL 12–⁠3530%
Sep 29atMemphisL 13–⁠2346%
Oct 6atMississippi StateL 18–⁠2747%
Oct 13atTulaneL 7–⁠3556%
Oct 20vsOle MissW 13–⁠1051%
Oct 27atLouisianaL 7–⁠1342%
Nov 3vsNorthwestern StateL 0–⁠2277%
Nov 10atEast CarolinaW 31–⁠2740%
Nov 17vsLouisvilleW 34–⁠2574%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Louisville 34–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 90 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
188–⁠243
Coach
Jim Carmody
Elo
1434 −122 this season
SP+ rating
-14.3 No. 91 of 106; offense No. 91, defense No. 84
SRS
−4.3 No. 75 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Keith Daniels

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 2Richard Byrd DEHouston Oilers