Mississippi State at Alabama
Saturday, November 30, 1940 Share
No. 11 Mississippi State beat No. 17 Alabama 13–0. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 17–6–2 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 37°FAttendance 18,500
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 2, 1940, page 5 (results column)
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s||||l2{sf|| The following are final scores oi football games played last. Sat- urday: Army o; Navy IA. Holy Cross 0; Boston College T. Fordham 26; New York Univer- sity 0. Duquesne IA Carnegie Tech T. Georgia Tech 19; Georgia 21 Pittsburgh 2; Duke 12. Washington and Lee T; Maryland ‘, tie. Texas Christian 0; Southern Methodist 16. Mississippi State 13; Alabama 0. Kansas State 0; Nebraska 20 Tennessee 20; Vanderbilt 0. Rice 21; Baylor 12. Stanford 13; California T. Washington State 9; Washington 8. Marquette IA; Arizona IT. Oregon 20; Oregon State 0. UCLA 12; Southern California 28. Oakland 13; Santa Clara 33. The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any AL aska newspaper.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Alabama 52% to win. Mississippi State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Mississippi State–Alabama gameOfficially, Alabama leads 89–17–3 on the field, but two wins were vacated or forfeited.; as played, 87–17–3 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 109 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.
Around this game
Mississippi State
- Next gamevs. GeorgetownJan. 1, 1941, Orange Bowl
- SeasonMississippi State in 1940
- ProgramMississippi State history and records
Alabama
- Next gamevs. LouisianaSept. 27, 1941
- SeasonAlabama in 1940
- ProgramAlabama history and records

