1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1940 Mississippi State Maroons football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Georgetown
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 9
1940 record 10–0–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach Allyn McKeen (2nd season)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
1940 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 –0 –1  10 –0 –1
Ole Miss 3 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
Alabama 4 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Auburn 3 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
LSU 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Georgia 2 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Florida 2 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Kentucky 1 –2 –2  5 –3 –2
Tulane 1 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
Georgia Tech 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Sewanee 0 –1 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1940 college football season. This was Mississippi State's only undefeated season. End Buddy Elrod would be named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and be selected to several All America teams.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 28 at Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 27–7  
October 5 Southwestern Louisiana* Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 20–0  
October 12 at Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama T 7–7  
October 19 Howard* Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 41–7  
October 26 at North Carolina State* Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 26–10  
November 2 at Rhodes* No. 20 Memphis, Tennessee W 13–0  
November 9 at LSU No. 19 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Rivalry) W 22–7  
November 16 Millsaps* No. 15 Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 46–13  
November 23 No. 11 Ole Miss No. 16 Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) W 19–0  
November 30 at No. 17 Alabama No. 11 Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Rivalry) W 13–0  
January 1 vs. No. 9 Georgetown* No. 11 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida (Orange Bowl) W 14–7  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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