Millsaps at Mississippi State
Saturday, October 7, 1944 Share
Mississippi State beat Millsaps 56–0. It was their 17th meeting; Mississippi State leads the series 14–2–1.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 69°F
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 8, 1944, page 5
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MISSISSIPPI STATE DEFEATS MILLSAPS STATE COLLEGE, Miss, Oct. 7.-tRtPaced by its brilliant tail back, Thomas Shorty McWilhams, Mississippi State swept over a game Millsaps team to win $50 today. More than three full teams SHOW ed superiority in every depart ment of play to score in each quarter, McWilliams m d e three touchdowns on sensational runs, passed for one more, and in gen eral spearheaded his teams VIC tory,
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)
Mississippi State 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Millsaps–Mississippi State gameMississippi State leads 14–2–1 in 17 meetings.
Around this game
Millsaps
- Next gameat AlabamaOct. 14, 1944
- SeasonMillsaps in 1944
- ProgramMillsaps history and records
Mississippi State
- Next gamevs. Arkansas MonticelloOct. 14, 1944
- SeasonMississippi State in 1944
- ProgramMississippi State history and records
