1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1949 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record0–8–1 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulane $ 5 1 0 7 2 1
No. 11 Kentucky 4 1 0 9 3 0
No. 17 Tennessee 4 1 1 7 2 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 0 7 3 0
No. 9 LSU 4 2 0 8 3 0
Alabama 4 3 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 4 0 5 5 0
Auburn 2 4 2 2 4 3
Ole Miss 2 4 0 4 5 1
Florida 1 4 1 4 5 1
Georgia 1 4 1 4 6 1
Mississippi State 0 6 0 0 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1949 college football season. In their first season under new head coach Arthur Morton, the Maroons compiled an overall record of 0–8–1 and finished last of 12 teams in the SEC with a conference mark of 0–6.[1] Mississippi State failed to score more than seven points in any game all season.[2]

  1. ^ "Arthur Morton Signs To Coach Miss. State". The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. United Press. January 1, 1949. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Google News.
  2. ^ "1949 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2022.