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1947 Mississippi State

7–⁠3 (2–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Allyn McKeen.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1947, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 19–0; lost at Michigan State 0–7; won at San Francisco 21–14; won vs. Duquesne 34–0; won vs. Hardin Simmons 27–7; won at Tulane 20–0; won at Auburn 14–0; lost at LSU 6–21; won vs. Southern Miss 14–7; lost vs. No. 15 Ole Miss 14–33+34−19Won 19–0 vs. Chattanooga+19ChattanoogaLost 0–7 at Michigan State-7Michigan StateWon 21–14 at San Francisco+7San FranciscoWon 34–0 vs. Duquesne+34DuquesneWon 27–7 vs. Hardin Simmons+20Hardin SimmonsWon 20–0 at Tulane+20TulaneWon 14–0 at Auburn+14AuburnLost 6–21 at LSU-15LSUWon 14–7 vs. Southern Miss+7Southern MissLost 14–33 vs. No. 15 Ole Miss-19No. 15 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsChattanoogaW 19–⁠083%
Oct 4atMichigan StateL 0–⁠760%
Oct 11atSan FranciscoW 21–⁠1451%
Oct 18vsDuquesneW 34–⁠068%
Oct 25vsHardin SimmonsW 27–⁠756%
Nov 1atTulaneW 20–⁠071%
Nov 8atAuburnW 14–⁠081%
Nov 15atLSUL 6–⁠2148%
Nov 22vsSouthern MissW 14–⁠796%
Nov 29vs15Ole MissL 14–⁠3369%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 33–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-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 1947.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠2 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
169–⁠89
Coach
Allyn McKeen
Elo
1589 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.4 No. 30 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 3Dub Garrett OGChicago Bears
Rd 2Bill Garrett OTBaltimore Colts (AAFC)

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠19–⁠213
Georgia Tech4–⁠110–⁠110
Alabama5–⁠28–⁠36
Georgia3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Vanderbilt3–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠27–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠52–⁠7
Florida0–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1

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