1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1945 college football season.

1945 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1945 record6–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 20,000)
1945 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Alabama $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 14 Tennessee 3 1 08 1 0
No. 15 LSU 5 2 07 2 0
No. 18 Georgia 4 2 09 2 0
Ole Miss 3 3 04 5 0
Georgia Tech 2 2 04 6 0
Mississippi State 2 3 06 3 0
Auburn 2 3 05 5 0
Vanderbilt 2 4 03 6 0
Florida 1 3 14 5 1
Tulane 1 3 12 6 1
Kentucky 0 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Southwestern Louisiana*W 31–0
October 6at AuburnW 20–0
October 13vs. Detroit*No. 20W 41–612,000[1]
October 20Maxwell Field*No. 20
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 16–6
November 3at TulaneNo. 15L 13–1425,000[2]
November 10at No. 14 LSUW 27–20
November 17Northwestern State*No. 16
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 54–0
November 24Ole MissNo. 20
L 6–7
December 1at No. 3 AlabamaL 13–5525,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. John N. Sabo (October 14, 1945). "Weathermen and Maroons Make Things Hot for Titans". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1, 2 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Wave rolls to mighty grid upset". The Shreveport Times. November 4, 1945. Retrieved April 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Bassett, Norman (December 2, 1945). "Tide's second half burst swamps State 55–13 to keep slate clean". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 6. Retrieved September 6, 2012 via Google News Archives.
  4. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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