1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1946 Mississippi State Maroons football
1946 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	8–2 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach	Allyn McKeen (7th season);
Home stadium	Scott Field
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College in the Southeastern Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons compiled an 8–2 record (3–2 against SEC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 271 to 71.^[1]

Record8–2 (3–2 SEC)

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1946 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Georgia +	5	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 8 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 11 Georgia Tech	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Tulane	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Florida	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Five Mississippi State players received honors from the Associated Press or United Press on the 1946 All-SEC football team: halfback Shorty McWilliams (AP-1, UP_3); tackle Al Sidorik (UP-1) end Bill Hildebrand (UP-2); center Elbert Corley (UP-3); and guard Mike Mihalic (UP-3).^[2]^[3]

Mississippi State was ranked at No. 10 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[4]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Chattanooga*		Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 41–7	12,000	^[5]
October 5	at LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 6–13	44,000	^[6]
October 12	at Michigan State*		Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 6–0	22,000	^[7]
October 19	vs. San Francisco*		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 48–20	15,000	^[8]
October 26	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 14–7	45,000	^[9]
November 2	Murray State*		Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 69–0		^[10]
November 9	at Auburn		Legion Field Birmingham, AL	W 33–0	25,000	^[11]
November 16	Northwestern State*		Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 27–0	5,000	^[12]
November 23	at Ole Miss		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	W 20–0	26,000	^[13]
November 30	at Alabama	No. 19	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	L 7–24	25,000	^[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—

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