1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1941 Mississippi State Maroons football
SEC champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 16
1941 record 8–1–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach Allyn McKeen (3rd season)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
1941 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 16 Mississippi State $ 4 – 0 – 1     8 – 1 – 1
No. 18 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Alabama 5 – 2 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
No. 14 Georgia 3 – 1 – 1     9 – 1 – 1
No. 17 Ole Miss 2 – 1 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
LSU 2 – 2 – 2     4 – 4 – 2
Tulane 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Auburn 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1941 college football season. This season gave Mississippi State its only SEC football championship, which was won in a winner-take-all game over Ole Miss.[1] The Maroons were unable to participate in the post-season due to the wartime airport and train station closings.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 27 Florida Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 6–0  
October 4 at Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) W 14–0  
October 11 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) T 0–0  
October 25 Union* Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 56–7  
November 1 at Rhodes* No. 17 Memphis, TN W 20–6  
November 8 at Auburn No. 15 Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 14–7  
November 15 at No. 10 Duquesne* No. 13 Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA L 0–16  
November 22 Millsaps* Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 49–6  
November 29 at No. 14 Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl) W 6–0  
December 6 at San Francisco* Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA W 26–13  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ Dawg Smack. "1941 Egg Bowl - Winner Take All". Maroon and White Nation.
  2. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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