1934 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1934 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record4–6 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
(capacity: c. 6,000)
Seasons
  1933
1935  
1934 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Tulane + 8 0 010 1 0
No. 6 Alabama + 7 0 010 0 0
Tennessee 5 1 08 2 0
LSU 4 2 07 2 2
Georgia 3 2 07 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 3 06 3 0
Florida 2 2 16 3 1
Ole Miss 2 3 14 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 05 5 0
Auburn 1 6 02 8 0
Sewanee 0 4 02 7 0
Mississippi State 0 5 04 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1934 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 1934 college football season. In their second year under head coach Ross MacKechnie, the Maroons complied an overall record of 4–6, with a conference record of 0–5, and finished 12th in the SEC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Howard (AL) *W 13–7 [2]
September 29at Vanderbilt L 0–7 [3]
October 5 Millsaps *L 6–7 [4]
October 13at Alabama L 0–416,000 [5]
October 20at Southwestern (TN) *
W 21–64,000 [6]
October 26 Mississippi College *
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 13–6 [7]
November 3at LSU L 3–25 [8]
November 10at Tennessee L 0–145,000 [9]
November 17at Loyola (LA) *W 20–6 [10]
December 1vs. Ole Miss
L 3–710,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  2. "Howard loses to Maroons". The Birmingham News. September 22, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Commodores score first S.E.C. victory". The Birmingham News. September 30, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Millsaps 11 beats State". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 6, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Alabama, Tennessee too much for boys of Magnolia State". The Clarion-Ledger. October 14, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Mississippi State's brruising attack crushes Lynx". The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Choctaws downed by State 13 to 6 with big crowd on hand". The Clarion-Ledger. October 27, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Long watches L.S.U. wallop Maroon squad". The Nashville Tennessean. November 4, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Dickens leads Vols to 14–0 victory over Mississippi State". The Knoxville Journal. November 11, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Maroon overhead work features win over Loyola, 20–6". The Commercial Appeal. November 18, 1934. Retrieved April 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Game is won by Ole Miss". The Huntsville Times. December 2, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.