1939 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1939 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1939 record8–2 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Alabama 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1939 college football season. The Maroons finished 8–2 in head coach Allyn McKeen's first season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23Howard (AL)*
W 45–0[1]
September 30vs. Arkansas*
W 19–0
October 7at Florida
W 14–0
October 14at Auburn
L 0–7
October 21Southwestern (TN)*
W 37–0
October 28at No. 20 Alabama
L 0–7
November 4Birmingham–Southern*
W 28–0[2]
November 11at LSU
W 15–12
November 18Millsaps*
W 40–0
November 25at Ole Miss
W 18–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "Miss. State shows power to crush Howard 45–0". The Clarion-Ledger. September 24, 1939. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "State romps 28–0". Clarion-Ledger. November 5, 1939. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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