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1944 Mississippi State

6–⁠2 (3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Allyn McKeen.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1944, game by game: won vs. Jackson Field 41–0; won vs. Millsaps 56–0; won vs. Arkansas Monticello 49–20; won at LSU 13–6; won vs. Kentucky 26–0; won at Auburn 26–21; lost at Alabama 0–19; lost at Ole Miss 8–13+56−19Won 41–0 vs. Jackson Field+41Jackson FieldWon 56–0 vs. Millsaps+56MillsapsWon 49–20 vs. Arkansas Monticello+29Arkansas Montic…Won 13–6 at LSU+7LSUWon 26–0 vs. Kentucky+26KentuckyWon 26–21 at Auburn+5AuburnLost 0–19 at Alabama-19AlabamaLost 8–13 at Ole Miss-5Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsJackson FieldW 41–⁠095%
Oct 7vsMillsapsW 56–⁠094%
Oct 14vsArkansas MonticelloW 49–⁠2095%
Oct 21atLSUW 13–⁠662%
Nov 4vsKentuckyW 26–⁠078%
Nov 11atAuburnW 26–⁠2163%
Nov 18atAlabamaL 0–⁠1955%
Nov 25atOle MissL 8–⁠1380%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 13–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19
  2. Wk 4: 18
  3. Wk 5: 19
  4. Wk 6: 16

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 1944.

Record
6–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
219–⁠79
Coach
Allyn McKeen
Elo
1633 −14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.3 No. 36 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1944 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech4–⁠08–⁠313
Tennessee5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠112
Georgia4–⁠27–⁠3
Alabama3–⁠1–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
Mississippi State3–⁠26–⁠2
LSU2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠32–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠24–⁠3
Kentucky1–⁠53–⁠6
Florida0–⁠34–⁠3
Auburn0–⁠44–⁠4

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