1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1940 Mississippi State Maroons football
Orange Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Georgetown
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP #9
1940 record 10–0–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach Allyn McKeen (2nd year)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
« 1939 1941 »
1940 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Tennessee $ 5 0 0     10 1 0
#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.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 28 at Florida Florida FieldGainesville, FL W 27–7  
October 5 Southwestern Louisiana* Scott FieldStarkville, MS W 20–0  
October 12 at Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, AL T 7–7  
October 19 Howard* Scott FieldStarkville, MS W 41–7  
October 26 at North Carolina State* Riddick StadiumRaleigh, NC W 26–10  
November 2 at Rhodes* #20 Memphis, TN W 13–0  
November 9 at LSU #19 Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) W 22–7  
November 16 Millsaps* #15 Scott FieldStarkville, MS W 46–13  
November 23 #11 Ole Miss #16 Scott FieldStarkville, MS (Egg Bowl) W 19–0  
November 30 at #17 Alabama #11 Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) W 13–0  
January 1 vs. #9 Georgetown* #11 Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (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