1949 Mississippi State
0–8–1 (0–6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Slick Morton. Share
Schedule and results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | at Tennessee | L 0–10 | 42% |
| Oct 1 | vs Baylor | L 6–14 | 51% |
| Oct 8 | at Clemson | T 7–7 | 31% |
| Oct 15 | at Cincinnati | L 0–19 | 52% |
| Oct 22 | at Alabama | L 6–35 | 34% |
| Oct 29 | at Tulane | L 6–54 | 20% |
| Nov 5 | at Auburn | L 6–25 | 56% |
| Nov 12 | at 16LSU | L 7–34 | 19% |
| Nov 26 | vs Ole Miss | L 0–26 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 26–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 114th-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 1949.
- Record
- 0–8–1
- Conference
- 0–6 12th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 38–224
- Coach
- Slick Morton
- Elo
- 1359 −176 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −9.6 No. 90 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1950
The 1950 draft| Rd 7 | Truett Smith B | Pittsburgh Steelers |
All-SEC
1 second teamSecond team
Jerry TaylorCAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane | 5–1 | 7–2–1 | |
 Kentucky | 4–1 | 9–3 | 11 |
| Tennessee | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | 17 |
 Georgia Tech | 5–2 | 7–3 | |
| LSU | 4–2 | 8–3 | 9 |
| Alabama | 4–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 Vanderbilt | 4–4 | 5–5 | |
| Auburn | 2–4–2 | 2–4–3 | |
| Ole Miss | 2–4 | 4–5–1 | |
 Florida | 1–4–1 | 4–5–1 | |
 Georgia | 1–4–1 | 4–6–1 | |
| Mississippi State | 0–6 | 0–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.