1939 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1939 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1939 college football season. The Maroons finished 82 in head coach Allyn McKeen's first season.

1939 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1939 record82 (32 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 0 010 1 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 0 08 2 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 0 08 1 1
Mississippi State 3 2 08 2 0
Ole Miss 2 2 07 2 0
Kentucky 2 2 16 2 1
Auburn 3 3 15 5 1
Alabama 2 3 15 3 1
Georgia 1 3 05 6 0
LSU 1 5 04 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 02 7 1
Florida 0 3 15 5 1
Sewanee 0 3 03 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23Howard (AL)*W 45–0[1]
September 30vs. Arkansas*W 19–0
October 7at FloridaW 14–0
October 14at AuburnL 0–7
October 21Southwestern (TN)*W 37–0
October 28at No. 20 AlabamaL 0–7
November 4Birmingham–Southern*W 28–0[2]
November 11at LSUW 15–12
November 18Millsaps*W 40–0
November 25at Ole MissW 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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