1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1949 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1949 record0–8–1 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulane $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
No. 11 Kentucky 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 9 LSU 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 3
Ole Miss 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Florida 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Georgia 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under new head coach Arthur Morton, the Maroons compiled an overall record of 0–8–1 and finished last of 12 teams in the SEC with a conference mark of 0–6.[1] Mississippi State failed to score more than seven points in any game all season. They played their home games at Scott Field

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 24at Tennessee
L 0–10
October 1Baylor*
L 6–14
October 8at Clemson*
T 7–7
October 15at Cincinnati*
L 0–19
October 22at Alabama
L 6–35
October 29at Tulane
L 6–54
November 5at Auburn
L 6–25
November 12at No. 16 LSU
L 7–34
November 26Ole Miss
L 0–26
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "Arthur Morton Signs To Coach Miss. State". The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. United Press. January 1, 1949. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Google News.
  2. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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