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1987 Southern Miss

6–⁠5, coached by Jim Carmody.

Schedule and results

Southern Miss in 1987, game by game: lost at Alabama 6–38; won vs. Tulane 31–24; lost vs. No. 16 Texas A&M 14–27; won at Louisville 65–6; lost vs. No. 6 Florida State 10–61; won vs. Mississippi State 18–14; won at Memphis 17–14; won vs. Jackson State 17–7; lost vs. UL Monroe 24–34; won vs. East Carolina 38–34; lost at Louisiana 30–37+59−51Lost 6–38 at Alabama-32AlabamaWon 31–24 vs. Tulane+7TulaneLost 14–27 vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-13No. 16 Texas A&MWon 65–6 at Louisville+59LouisvilleLost 10–61 vs. No. 6 Florida State-51No. 6 Florida StateWon 18–14 vs. Mississippi State+4Mississippi Sta…Won 17–14 at Memphis+3MemphisWon 17–7 vs. Jackson State+10Jackson StateLost 24–34 vs. UL Monroe-10UL MonroeWon 38–34 vs. East Carolina+4East CarolinaLost 30–37 at Louisiana-7Louisiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atAlabamaL 6–⁠3822%
Sep 19vsTulaneW 31–⁠2464%
Sep 26vs16Texas A&ML 14–⁠2741%
Oct 3atLouisvilleW 65–⁠657%
Oct 10vs6Florida StateL 10–⁠6134%
Oct 17vsMississippi StateW 18–⁠1458%
Oct 24atMemphisW 17–⁠1456%
Oct 31vsJackson StateW 17–⁠762%
Nov 7vsUL MonroeL 24–⁠3483%
Nov 14vsEast CarolinaW 38–⁠3463%
Nov 28atLouisianaL 30–⁠3747%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Louisiana 37–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 50th-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 1987.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
270–⁠296
Coach
Jim Carmody
Elo
1465 −23 this season
SP+ rating
-0.6 No. 51 of 101; offense No. 28, defense No. 80
SRS
−0.1 No. 53 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 5John Baylor DBIndianapolis Colts