
1952 Mississippi State
5–4 (3–4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Murray Warmath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Arkansas State 41–14Oct 4
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | at | L 7–14 | 16% |
| Oct 4 | vs | W 41–14 | 91% |
| Oct 11 | vs | W 14–0 | 77% |
| Oct 18 | vs | W 27–14 | 43% |
| Oct 25 | at | L 19–42 | 33% |
| Nov 1 | at | L 21–34 | 38% |
| Nov 8 | at | W 49–34 | 56% |
| Nov 15 | at | W 33–14 | 37% |
| Nov 29 | at | L 14–20 | 22% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 20–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 58th-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 1952.
Led the nationJackie Parker: points (120 pts)
- Record
- 5–4
- Conference
- 3–4 7th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 225–186
- Coach
- Murray Warmath
- Elo
- 1508 +58 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 14.8 No. 17 of 113 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-SEC
1 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Jackie ParkerQBAP-1; UP-1
Second team
Bo ReidCAP-2
Joe FortunatoRBAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1952 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0 | 12–0 | 2 | |
| 5–0–1 | 8–2–1 | 8 | |
| 4–0–2 | 8–1–2 | 7 | |
| 4–2 | 10–2 | 9 | |
| 4–3 | 7–4 | ||
| 3–3 | 8–3 | 15 | |
| 3–4 | 5–4 | ||
| 3–5 | 5–5 | ||
| 1–3–2 | 5–4–2 | 20 | |
| 2–5 | 3–7 | ||
| 1–4–1 | 3–5–2 | ||
| 0–7 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.
