1936 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1936 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1936 college football season. Led by second-year coach Ralph Sasse, the Maroons finished 7–3–1 and played in the Orange Bowl.

1936 Mississippi State Maroons football
Orange Bowl, L 12–13 vs. Duquesne
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1936 record7–3–1 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 20,000)
1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 LSU $ 6 0 09 1 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 0 18 0 1
Auburn 4 1 17 2 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 1 26 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 07 3 1
Georgia 3 3 05 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 15 5 1
Tulane 2 3 16 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 13 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 06 4 0
Florida 1 5 04 6 0
Ole Miss 0 3 15 5 2
Sewanee 0 5 00 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Millsaps*W 20–0
October 3Howard (AL)*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 35–0[1]
October 10at AlabamaL 0–717,000[2][3]
October 17Loyola (LA)*
W 32–0[4]
October 24at TCU*T 0–0
October 31Sewanee
W 68–04,000[5]
November 7at No. 7 LSUL 0–12
November 21Ole Miss
W 26–6
November 28Mercer*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 32–03,500[6]
December 5at FloridaW 7–0
January 1vs. No. 12 Duquesne*
L 12–139,210
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Sassemen humble Howard's Bulldogs, 35 to 0". The Clarion-Ledger. October 4, 1936. Retrieved August 26, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Joe Kilgrow brings Tide 7–0 victory". The Huntsville Times. October 11, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved August 16, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Thornton, Jay (October 11, 1936). "Crimson Tide subdues Maroons, 7–0, before crowd of 17,000". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 6. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
  4. "Maroons romp over Loyola eleven, 32 to 0". Clarion-Ledger. October 18, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved August 16, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "State routs Sewanee 68–0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 1, 1936. Retrieved August 16, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Mississippi State trounces Mercer team 32–0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 29, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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