1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1937 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1937 record5–4–1 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Auburn 4 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 3
Vanderbilt 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia Tech 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Florida 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Tulane 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia 1 – 2 – 2 6 – 3 – 2
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1937 college football season. At the end of the season, popular head coach Ralph Sasse shocked students and fans by resigning after a nervous breakdown.[1][2] Sasse finished 20–10–2 in his three seasons at Mississippi State.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25Delta State*
W 39–0
October 2Howard (AL)*
W 38–0[3]
October 9at Texas A&M*Tyler, TexasL 0–14
October 16at Auburn
L 7–33
October 23Florida
W 14–13
October 30at Centenary*
T 0–0[4]
November 6at No. 18 LSU
L 0–41
November 13Sewanee
W 12–0[5]
November 25at Ole Miss
W 9–7
December 4Duquesne*
L 0–9
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ cristilmethod. "12 Days of MSU History for Christmas, Day 7: MSU takes down Army in 1935". For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. SB Nation.
  2. ^ "Sasse Confined to Home After Giving Up Post". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. November 11, 1937. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "State shows power in beating Howard". The Clarion-Ledger. October 3, 1937. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Gents prove tough". The Clarion-Ledger. October 31, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "State turns back Sewanee 12 to 0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 14, 1936. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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