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1946 Mississippi State

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

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1946, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 41–7; lost at LSU 6–13; won at Michigan State 6–0; won vs. San Francisco 48–20; won at Tulane 14–7; won vs. Murray State 69–0; won at Auburn 33–0; won vs. Northwestern State 27–0; won at Ole Miss 20–0; lost at Alabama 7–24+69−17Won 41–7 vs. Chattanooga+34ChattanoogaLost 6–13 at LSU-7LSUWon 6–0 at Michigan State+6Michigan StateWon 48–20 vs. San Francisco+28San FranciscoWon 14–7 at Tulane+7TulaneWon 69–0 vs. Murray State+69Murray StateWon 33–0 at Auburn+33AuburnWon 27–0 vs. Northwestern State+27Northwestern St…Won 20–0 at Ole Miss+20Ole MissLost 7–24 at Alabama-17Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsChattanoogaW 41–⁠792%
Oct 5atLSUL 6–⁠1341%
Oct 12atMichigan StateW 6–⁠056%
Oct 19vsSan FranciscoW 48–⁠2080%
Oct 26atTulaneW 14–⁠764%
Nov 2vsMurray StateW 69–⁠097%
Nov 9atAuburnW 33–⁠072%
Nov 16vsNorthwestern StateW 27–⁠097%
Nov 23atOle MissW 20–⁠077%
Nov 30atAlabamaL 7–⁠2448%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 19

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 1946.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
271–⁠71
Coach
Allyn McKeen
Elo
1621 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.0 No. 17 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 6Bert Corley CBuffalo Bills (AAFC)

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠011–⁠03
Tennessee5–⁠09–⁠27
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠29–⁠211
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠37–⁠4
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠37–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠43–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠62–⁠7
Florida0–⁠50–⁠9

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