1948 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1948 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1948 record 441 (33 SEC)
Head coach Allyn McKeen (9th year)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1948 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Georgia $ 6 0 0     9 2 0
#15 Ole Miss 6 1 0     8 1 0
#13 Tulane 5 1 0     9 1 0
#12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1     8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0     7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1     6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0     4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1     4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1     5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0     5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0     3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0     1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1948 college football season. This was the only of head coach Allyn McKeen's nine seasons that did not end in a winning record for the Maroons. Despite the strong record his .764 (65193) winning percentage is the best in school history McKeen was fired after the season.[1][2] The Maroons, who had won 7 or more games in six of McKeen's nine seasons, would not post another 7-win season until 1963.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 25 at Tennessee Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN W 216  
October 2 Baylor* Crump StadiumMemphis, TN T 77  
October 9 Clemson* Scott FieldStarkville, MS L 721  
October 16 Cincinnati* Scott FieldStarkville, MS W 270  
October 23 Alabama Scott FieldStarkville, MS (Rivalry) L 710  
October 30 at #19 Tulane Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA L 09  
November 6 at Auburn Legion FieldBirmingham, AL W 200  
November 13 at LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) W 70  
November 27 at #16 Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS (Egg Bowl) L 734  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. cristilmethod (2013-08-17). "Bob Sanders, Discontent, and Allyn McKeen: How MSU ousted its winningest football coach ever". For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. SBNation.
  2. UP (1949-01-01). "Arthur Morton signs to coach Miss. State". news.google.org. The Tuscaloosa News.
  3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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