1903 Mississippi State

1–⁠0 (1–⁠0 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association), coached by Dan Martin. The season’s Wikipedia article records 3–⁠0–⁠2, over five games to the one on file here.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 16vsAlabamaW 11–⁠055%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 11–⁠0; tied for first in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list four games of Mississippi State’s 1903 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 24atMeridian Athletic ClubclubW 43–⁠0Mississippi State’s article
Nov 7vsLSUW 11–⁠0Mississippi State’s article, LSU’s article
Nov 14atOle MissT 6–⁠6Mississippi State’s article
Dec 5atTulaneT 0–⁠0Tulane’s article, Mississippi State’s article
Record
1–⁠0
Conference
1–⁠0 shared first in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
11–⁠0
Coach
Dan Martin
Elo
1452 +22 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—

1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson2–⁠04–⁠1–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠01–⁠0
Vanderbilt3–⁠0–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Texas1–⁠0–⁠15–⁠1–⁠2
Alabama3–⁠23–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠23–⁠4
Auburn1–⁠24–⁠3
Texas A&M0–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee0–⁠34–⁠5
NC State0–⁠11–⁠2
LSU0–⁠20–⁠3
Tulane0–⁠00–⁠1
Florida State0–⁠00–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.