1952 Mississippi State

5–⁠4 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Murray Warmath.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1952, game by game: lost at No. 6 Tennessee 7–14; won vs. Arkansas State 41–14; won vs. North Texas 14–0; won vs. Kentucky 27–14; lost at Alabama 19–42; lost at Tulane 21–34; won at Auburn 49–34; won at LSU 33–14; lost at No. 6 Ole Miss 14–20+27−23Lost 7–14 at No. 6 Tennessee-7No. 6 TennesseeWon 41–14 vs. Arkansas State+27Arkansas StateWon 14–0 vs. North Texas+14North TexasWon 27–14 vs. Kentucky+13KentuckyLost 19–42 at Alabama-23AlabamaLost 21–34 at Tulane-13TulaneWon 49–34 at Auburn+15AuburnWon 33–14 at LSU+19LSULost 14–20 at No. 6 Ole Miss-6No. 6 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

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 team

First team

Second team

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
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech6–⁠012–⁠02
Tennessee5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Ole Miss4–⁠0–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠29
Georgia4–⁠37–⁠4
Florida3–⁠38–⁠315
Mississippi State3–⁠45–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠55–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠220
LSU2–⁠53–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Auburn0–⁠72–⁠8

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