1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1937 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 0 0 9 1 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 0 9 2 0
Auburn 4 1 2 6 2 3
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 7 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 0 5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 2 1 6 3 1
Tennessee 4 3 0 6 3 1
Florida 3 4 0 4 7 0
Tulane 2 3 1 5 4 1
Georgia 1 2 2 6 3 2
Ole Miss 0 4 0 4 5 1
Kentucky 0 5 0 4 6 0
Sewanee 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1937 college football season. At the end of the season, popular head coach Ralph Sasse shocked students and fans by resigning after a nervous breakdown.[1][2] Sasse finished 20–10–2 in his three seasons at Mississippi State.

  1. ^ cristilmethod. "12 Days of MSU History for Christmas, Day 7: MSU takes down Army in 1935". For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. SB Nation.
  2. ^ "Sasse Confined to Home After Giving Up Post". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. November 11, 1937. Retrieved February 11, 2011.