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1939 Mississippi State

8–⁠2 (3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Allyn McKeen.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1939, game by game: won vs. Samford 45–0; won vs. Arkansas 19–0; won at Florida 14–0; lost at Auburn 0–7; won vs. Rhodes 37–0; lost at No. 20 Alabama 0–7; won vs. Birmingham-Southern 28–0; won at LSU 15–12; won vs. Millsaps 40–0; won at Ole Miss 18–6+45−7Won 45–0 vs. Samford+45SamfordWon 19–0 vs. Arkansas+19ArkansasWon 14–0 at Florida+14FloridaLost 0–7 at Auburn-7AuburnWon 37–0 vs. Rhodes+37RhodesLost 0–7 at No. 20 Alabama-7No. 20 AlabamaWon 28–0 vs. Birmingham-Southern+28Birmingham-Sout…Won 15–12 at LSU+3LSUWon 40–0 vs. Millsaps+40MillsapsWon 18–6 at Ole Miss+12Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsSamfordW 45–⁠090%
Sep 30vsArkansasW 19–⁠041%
Oct 7atFloridaW 14–⁠055%
Oct 14atAuburnL 0–⁠738%
Oct 21vsRhodesW 37–⁠084%
Oct 28at20AlabamaL 0–⁠729%
Nov 4vsBirmingham-SouthernW 28–⁠089%
Nov 11atLSUW 15–⁠1231%
Nov 18vsMillsapsW 40–⁠091%
Nov 25atOle MissW 18–⁠628%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 18–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1939.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
216–⁠32
Coach
Allyn McKeen
Elo
1570 +123 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.3 No. 6 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

3 second team

Second team

  • Buddy ElrodEAP-2
  • GoolsbyCAP-2
  • Harvey JohnsonRBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech6–⁠08–⁠216
Tulane5–⁠08–⁠1–⁠15
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠27–⁠2
Kentucky2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Alabama2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠35–⁠6
LSU1–⁠54–⁠5
Vanderbilt1–⁠62–⁠7–⁠1
Florida0–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Sewanee0–⁠33–⁠5

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