1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1940 Mississippi State Maroons football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Georgetown
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record10–0–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 1 10 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 0 9 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0 7 2 0
Auburn 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0 6 4 0
Georgia 2 3 1 5 4 1
Florida 2 3 0 5 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 2 5 3 2
Tulane 1 3 0 5 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 1 3 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 0 3 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College (now known as Mississippi State University) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1940 college football season. In their second year under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons complied an overall record of 10–0–1, with a conference record of 4–0–1, and finished second in the SEC.[1] This was Mississippi State's only undefeated season.

End Buddy Elrod was named SEC "Player of the Year" by the Nashville Banner and was selected to several All-America teams.

  1. ^ "1940 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.