1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1940 Mississippi State Maroons football
Orange Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Georgetown
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	#9
1940 record	10–0–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach	Allyn McKeen (2nd year)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 20,000)

1940 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Tennessee $	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#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 represented Mississippi State College during the 1940 college football season. This was Mississippi State's only undefeated season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 28		at Florida		Florida Field • Gainesville, FL		W 27–7
October 5		Southwestern Louisiana*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 20–0
October 12		at Auburn		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		T 7–7
October 19		Howard*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 41–7
October 26		at North Carolina State*		Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC		W 26–10
November 2		at Rhodes*	#20	Memphis, TN		W 13–0
November 9		at LSU	#19	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)		W 22–7
November 16		Millsaps*	#15	Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 46–13
November 23		#11 Ole Miss	#16	Scott Field • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		W 19–0
November 30		at #17 Alabama	#11	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)		W 13–0
January 1		vs. #9 Georgetown*	#11	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)		W 14–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015