1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1945 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
Seasons
  1944
1946  
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 14 Tennessee 3 1 08 1 0
No. 15 LSU 5 2 07 2 0
No. 18 Georgia 4 2 09 2 0
Ole Miss 3 3 04 5 0
Georgia Tech 2 2 04 6 0
Mississippi State 2 3 06 3 0
Auburn 2 3 05 5 0
Vanderbilt 2 4 03 6 0
Florida 1 3 14 5 1
Tulane 1 3 12 6 1
Kentucky 0 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 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 1945 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a conference record of 2–3, and finished tied for seventh in the SEC. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Southwestern Louisiana *W 31–04,000 [2]
October 6at Auburn W 20–018,000 [3]
October 13vs. Detroit *No. 20W 41–612,000 [4]
October 20 Eastern Flying Training Command *No. 20
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 16–65,000 [5] [6]
November 3at Tulane No. 15L 13–1425,000 [7]
November 10at No. 14 LSU W 27–2035,000 [8]
November 17 Northwestern State *No. 16
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 54–02,200 [9]
November 24 Ole Miss No. 20
L 6–718,000 [10]
December 1at No. 3 Alabama L 13–5525,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
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References

  1. "1945 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  2. "Mississippi State easy winner in first contest". The Huntsville Times. September 30, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Maroons crush Auburn Tigers, 20 to 0". The Birmingham News. October 7, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. John N. Sabo (October 14, 1945). "Weathermen and Maroons make things hot for Titans". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1, 2. Retrieved October 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Mississippi State Uncorks Running Power To Whip EFTC Eagles, 16 to 6". Montgomery Advertiser . Montgomery, Alabama. October 21, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved March 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. "Maroons Beat Team Of EFTC". Selma Times-Journal . Selma, Alabama. Associated Press. October 21, 1945. p. 6. Retrieved March 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  7. "Wave rolls to mighty grid upset". The Shreveport Times. November 4, 1945. Retrieved April 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Mississippi State beats LSU, 27–20". The Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1945. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Demons lose to Maroons by wide margin". The Shreveport Times. November 18, 1945. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Mississippi State handed stunning 7–6 defeat by aroused Ole Miss". The Chattanooga Times. November 25, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Bassett, Norman (December 2, 1945). "Tide's second half burst swamps State 55–13 to keep slate clean". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 6. Retrieved September 6, 2012 via Google News Archives.