1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1945 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1945 record6–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
←  1944
1946  →
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 represented Mississippi State College during the 1945 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Southwestern Louisiana *
W 31–0
October 6at Auburn
W 20–0
October 13vs. Detroit *No. 20
W 41–612,000 [1]
October 20 Maxwell Field *No. 20
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 16–6
November 3at Tulane No. 15
L 13–1425,000 [2]
November 10at No. 14 LSU
W 27–20
November 17 Northwestern State *No. 16
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 54–0
November 24 Ole Miss No. 20
L 6–7
December 1at No. 3 Alabama
L 13–5525,000 [3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ John N. Sabo (October 14, 1945). "Weathermen and Maroons Make Things Hot for Titans". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Wave rolls to mighty grid upset". The Shreveport Times. November 4, 1945. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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