1947 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1947
Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–3 (2–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
1947 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Ole Miss $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Alabama 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 2 – 3 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
LSU 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1947 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1947 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Allyn McKeen, the team compiled a 7–3 record (2–2 against SEC opponents), finished fourth in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 169 to 89.[1]

Three Mississippi State players received honors from the

United Press (UP) on the 1947 All-SEC football team: tackle Dub Garrett (AP-1, UP); quarterback Harper Davis (AP-3); and halfback Shorty McWilliams (AP-1).[2][3]

Mississippi State was ranked at No. 44 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Chattanooga*
W 19–010,000[5]
October 4at Michigan State*
L 0–722,562[6]
October 11at San Francisco*
W 21–1422,000[7]
October 18Duquesne*
W 34–010,000[8]
October 25Hardin–Simmons*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 27–79,000[9]
November 1at Tulane
W 20–035,000[10]
November 8at Auburn
W 14–020,000[11]
November 15at
Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
    		• L 6–2140,000[12]
    November 22Mississippi Southern*
    • Scott Field
    • Starkville, MS
    		W 14–75,000[13]
    November 29No. 15 Ole Miss
    		L 14–3327,000[14]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1947 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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