1969 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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1969 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–7 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Tennessee $ 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 10 LSU 4 1 0 9 1 0
No. 20 Auburn 5 2 0 8 3 0
No. 14 Florida 3 1 1 9 1 1
No. 8 Ole Miss 4 2 0 8 3 0
Georgia 2 3 1 5 5 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 0 4 6 0
Alabama 2 4 0 6 5 0
Kentucky 1 6 0 2 8 0
Mississippi State 0 5 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1969 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented the Mississippi State University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by third-year head coach Charles Shira, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, and finished tenth in the SEC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Richmond*W 17–1418,000[1]
September 27No. 12 FloridaL 35–4737,000[2]
October 4at Houston*L 0–7436,207[3]
October 11Southern Miss*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 34–2021,000[4]
October 18at
Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
  • W 30–2634,000[5]
    October 25at Florida State*L 17–2033,301[6]
    November 1Alabama
    • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
    • Jackson, MS (rivalry)
    L 19–2341,000[7]
    November 8at No. 11 AuburnL 13–5247,600[8]
    November 15at No. 12 LSUL 6–6159,746[9]
    November 27No. 14 Ole Miss
    L 22–4834,000[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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