1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1940
Mississippi State Maroons football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Georgetown
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record10–0–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 1 10 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 0 9 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0 7 2 0
Auburn 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0 6 4 0
Georgia 2 3 1 5 4 1
Florida 2 3 0 5 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 2 5 3 2
Tulane 1 3 0 5 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 1 3 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 0 3 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College (now known as Mississippi State University) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1940 college football season. In their second year under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons complied an overall record of 10–0–1, with a conference record of 4–0–1, and finished second in the SEC.[1] This was Mississippi State's only undefeated season.

End Buddy Elrod was named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and was selected to several All-America teams.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at FloridaW 25–712,000[2]
October 5Southwestern Louisiana*W 20–07,000[3]
October 12at AuburnT 7–718,000[4]
October 19Howard (AL)*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 41–76,000[5]
October 26at NC State*W 26–1010,000[6]
November 2at Southwestern (TN)*No. 20W 13–09,000[7]
November 9at LSUNo. 19W 22–720,000[8]
November 16Millsaps*No. 15
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 46–1310,500[9]
November 23No. 11 Ole MissNo. 16
W 19–025,000[10]
November 30at No. 17 AlabamaNo. 11W 13–018,500[11]
January 1vs. No. 13 Georgetown*No. 9W 14–738,307[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1940 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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  11. ^ Bassett, Norman (December 1, 1940). "Maroons blank Tide 13 to 0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 6. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
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