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1945 Mississippi State

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

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1945, game by game: won vs. Louisiana 31–0; won at Auburn 20–0; won vs. Detroit Mercy 41–6; won vs. Maxwell Field 16–6; lost at Tulane 13–14; won at No. 14 LSU 27–20; won vs. Northwestern State 54–0; lost vs. Ole Miss 6–7; lost at No. 3 Alabama 13–55+54−42Won 31–0 vs. Louisiana+31LouisianaWon 20–0 at Auburn+20AuburnWon 41–6 vs. Detroit Mercy+35Detroit MercyWon 16–6 vs. Maxwell Field+10Maxwell FieldLost 13–14 at Tulane-1TulaneWon 27–20 at No. 14 LSU+7No. 14 LSUWon 54–0 vs. Northwestern State+54Northwestern St…Lost 6–7 vs. Ole Miss-1Ole MissLost 13–55 at No. 3 Alabama-42No. 3 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsLouisianaW 31–⁠096%
Oct 6atAuburnW 20–⁠059%
Oct 13vsDetroit MercyW 41–⁠663%
Oct 20vsMaxwell FieldW 16–⁠693%
Nov 3atTulaneL 13–⁠1466%
Nov 10at14LSUW 27–⁠2044%
Nov 17vsNorthwestern StateW 54–⁠097%
Nov 24vsOle MissL 6–⁠785%
Dec 1at3AlabamaL 13–⁠5534%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 55–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 4: 15
  5. Wk 6: 16
  6. Wk 7: 20

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 1945.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
221–⁠108
Coach
Allyn McKeen
Elo
1621 +33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.5 No. 23 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1945 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠010–⁠02
Tennessee3–⁠18–⁠114
LSU5–⁠27–⁠215
Georgia4–⁠29–⁠218
Ole Miss3–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia Tech2–⁠24–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠36–⁠3
Auburn2–⁠35–⁠5
Vanderbilt2–⁠43–⁠6
Florida1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠52–⁠8

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