1938 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1938 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1938 college football season. Spike Nelson took over as head coach after the sudden resignation of Ralph Sasse. Nelson instituted new cardinal and gold uniforms, rather than the traditional maroon and white, upsetting fans and alumni.[1] Nelson also proved unpopular with players and was not retained after the season.[2]

1938 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1938 record46 (14 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
1938 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 7 0 0  11 0 0
No. 13 Alabama 4 1 1  7 1 1
No. 19 Tulane 4 1 1  7 2 1
Ole Miss 3 2 0  9 2 0
Georgia Tech 2 1 3  3 4 3
Vanderbilt 4 3 0  6 3 0
Florida 2 2 1  4 6 1
Auburn 3 3 1  4 5 1
Georgia 1 2 1  5 4 1
LSU 2 4 0  6 4 0
Mississippi State 1 4 0  4 6 0
Kentucky 0 4 0  2 7 0
Sewanee 0 6 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25Howard*W 19–0
October 1FloridaW 22–0
October 8Louisiana Tech*W 48–0
October 14at AuburnL 6–20
October 21at Duquesne*W 12–7
October 29at TulaneL 0–27
November 5at LSUL 7–32
November 12Centenary*L 0–19
November 19at Rhodes*Memphis, TennesseeL 3–7
November 26Ole MissL 6–19
  • *Non-conference game

[3]

References

  1. "Mississippi State Traditions". HailState.com.
  2. Michael B. Ballard, Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878–2003, University Press of Mississippi, 2008, ISBN 1-57806-999-8.
  3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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