1951 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1951 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1951 college football season. Head coach Arthur Morton was fired after his third consecutive losing season.[1]

1951 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1951 record45 (25 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1951 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Georgia Tech + 7 0 0  11 0 1
No. 1 Tennessee + 5 0 0  10 1 0
LSU 4 2 1  7 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 1  6 3 1
No. 15 Kentucky 3 3 0  8 4 0
Auburn 3 4 0  5 5 0
Vanderbilt 3 5 0  6 5 0
Alabama 3 5 0  5 6 0
Florida 2 4 0  5 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0  5 5 0
Mississippi State 2 5 0  4 5 0
Tulane 1 5 0  4 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 22Arkansas State*W 32–0
September 29at No. 1 TennesseeL 0–14
October 6No. 13 GeorgiaW 6–0
October 13at KentuckyL 0–27
October 27AlabamaL 0–7
November 3at TulaneW 10–7
November 10at Memphis State*W 27–20
November 17at LSUL 0–3
December 1Ole MissL 7–49
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

References

  1. Ballard, Michael (2008). Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878-2003. ISBN 9781604733105.
  2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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