1940 Mississippi State Maroons football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Georgetown
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record10–0–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 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 named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and was selected to several All-America teams.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Florida
W 25–712,000[2]
October 5Southwestern Louisiana*
W 20–07,000[3]
October 12at Auburn
T 7–718,000[4]
October 19Howard (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 LSUNo. 19
W 22–720,000[8]
November 16Millsaps*No. 15
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 46–1310,500[9]
November 23No. 11 Ole MissNo. 16
W 19–025,000[10]
November 30at No. 17 AlabamaNo. 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

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 Miami 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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