1948 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1948 Mississippi State Maroons football
1948 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1948 record	4–4–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Allyn McKeen (9th season);
Home stadium	Scott Field; (Capacity: 35,000)
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1948 college football season. This was the only of head coach Allyn McKeen's nine seasons that did not end in a winning record for the Maroons. Despite the strong record — his .764 (65–19–3) winning percentage is the best in school history — McKeen was fired after the season.^[1]^[2] The Maroons, who had won 7 or more games in six of McKeen's nine seasons, would not post another 7-win season until 1963.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	W 21–6
October 2	Baylor*	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	T 7–7
October 9	Clemson*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	L 7–21
October 16	Cincinnati*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 27–0
October 23	Alabama	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (rivalry)	L 7–10
October 30	at No. 19 Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans	L 0–9
November 6	at Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	W 20–0
November 13	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	W 7–0
November 27	at No. 16 Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	L 7–34
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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The Clemson matchup was mentioned in a Jerry Clower comedy sketch in the 1974 Country Ham album.

References[]

^ cristilmethod (2013-08-17). "Bob Sanders, Discontent, and Allyn McKeen: How MSU ousted its winningest football coach ever". For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. SBNation.
^ UP (1949-01-01). "Arthur Morton signs to coach Miss. State". news.google.org. The Tuscaloosa News.
^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015

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[1] ristilmethod (2013-08-17). "Bob Sanders, Discontent, and Allyn McKeen: How MSU ousted its winningest football coach ever". For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. SBNation.

[2] UP (1949-01-01). "Arthur Morton signs to coach Miss. State". news.google.org. The Tuscaloosa News.

[3] College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015

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1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll