1935 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1935 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1935 record8–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: c. 6,000)
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
LSU $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Auburn 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Tulane 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Florida 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1935 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1935 college football season. It was the first year as head coach for Ralph Sasse, who had previously coached at Army. Sasse led the Maroons to a 13–7 upset win over Army,[1] a game which has been called one of the greatest wins in school history.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20Howard*
W 20–7
September 28at Vanderbilt
L 9–14
October 4Millsaps*
W 45–0
October 12at Alabama
W 20–7[3]
October 18at Loyola (LA)*
W 6–0[4]
October 26at Xavier*
W 7–0
November 2at Army*
W 13–7
November 9at LSU
L 13–28
November 15at Mississippi State Teachers*
W 27–0[5]
November 23Sewanee
W 25–0[6]
November 30at Ole Miss
L 6–14
  • *Non-conference game

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References[]

  1. ^ Michael B. Ballard, Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878–2003, University Press of Mississippi, 2008, ISBN 1-57806-999-8.
  2. ^ "Mississippi State Traditions". HailState.com.
  3. ^ "State flashes aerial attack to defeat Tide, 20 to 0". The Selma Times-Journal. October 13, 1935. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Loyola Wolves Give Maroons Close Battle". The Shreveport Times. October 19, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "State warms up with 27–0 win over Peds". The Clarion-Ledger. November 16, 1935. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Miss. State 25; Sewanee 0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 24, 1935. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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