1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1949 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1949 record	0–8–1 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	Arthur "Slick" Morton (1st year)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 35,000)

1949 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
#11 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
#9 LSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	4	–	3
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1949 college football season. This was the first season under new head coach Arthur "Slick" Morton, ^[1] and the Maroons failed to score more than 7 points in any game all year.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 24		at Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		L 0–10
October 1		Baylor*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		L 6–14
October 8		at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC		T 7–7
October 15		at Cincinnati*		Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH		L 0–19
October 22		at Alabama		Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)		L 6–35
October 29		at Tulane		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA		L 6–54
November 5		at Auburn		Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		L 6–25
November 12		at #16 LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)		L 7–34
November 26		Ole Miss		Scott Field • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 0–26
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

1. UP (1949-01-01). "Arthur Morton signs to coach Miss. State". news.google.org. The Tuscaloosa News.
2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015