1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1937 college football season. At the end of the season, popular head coach Ralph Sasse shocked students and fans by resigning after a nervous breakdown.[1][2] Sasse finished 20102 in his three seasons at Mississippi State.

1937 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1937 record5–4–1 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 20,000)
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 0 09 1 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 09 2 0
Auburn 4 1 26 2 3
Vanderbilt 4 2 07 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 05 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 2 16 3 1
Tennessee 4 3 06 3 1
Florida 3 4 04 7 0
Tulane 2 3 15 4 1
Georgia 1 2 26 3 2
Ole Miss 0 4 04 5 1
Kentucky 0 5 04 6 0
Sewanee 0 6 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Delta State*W 39–0
October 2Howard (AL)*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 38–04,000[3]
October 9vs. Texas A&M*
L 0–14
October 16at AuburnL 7–33
October 23Florida
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 14–13
October 30at Centenary*T 0–010,000[4]
November 6at No. 18 LSUL 0–41
November 13Sewanee
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 12–06,000[5]
November 25at Ole MissW 9–7
December 4Duquesne*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
L 0–9
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. cristilmethod. "12 Days of MSU History for Christmas, Day 7: MSU takes down Army in 1935". For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. SB Nation.
  2. "Sasse Confined to Home After Giving Up Post". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. November 11, 1937. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  3. "State shows power in beating Howard". The Clarion-Ledger. October 3, 1937. Retrieved August 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Gents prove tough". The Clarion-Ledger. October 31, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "State turns back Sewanee 12 to 0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 14, 1936. Retrieved August 16, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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