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
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record10–0–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
←  1939
1941  →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 –0 –110 –0 –1
Ole Miss 3 –1 –09 –2 –0
Alabama 4 –2 –07 –2 –0
Auburn 3 –2 –16 –4 –1
LSU 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Georgia 2 –3 –15 –4 –1
Florida 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
Kentucky 1 –2 –25 –3 –2
Tulane 1 –3 –05 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –13 –6 –1
Georgia Tech 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Sewanee 0 –1 –03 –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 be named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and be selected to several All-America teams.

Schedule

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

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References

  1. ↑ "1940 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mississippi State overpowers Florida and wins 25 to 7". Fort Myers News-Press. September 29, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "South Louisiana team defeated in Mississippi". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tigers and Maroons fight to 7–7 draw". The Birmingham News. October 13, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Maroons deal roughly with Howard, 40 to 7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Maroons take scoring race". The Chattanooga Times. October 27, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Mississippi State takes hard-earned victory over Lynx". The Commercial Appeal. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Passes win for Maroons over Tigers". The Miami News. November 10, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Mississippi State overpowers game Millsaps club, 46–13". The Birmingham News. November 17, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Mississippi State swamps Rebels". The Maimi News. November 24, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Bassett, Norman (December 1, 1940). "Maroons blank Tide 13 to 0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 6. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Mississippi State Wins Orange Bowl Game Before Record-Breaking Crowd of 38,307". The Miami Herald. January 2, 1941. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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