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1935 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1935 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record8–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: c. 6,000)
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 LSU $ 5 0 0 9 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 0 7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 1 0 9 3 0
No. 15 Auburn 5 2 0 8 2 0
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 0 6 2 1
Tulane 3 3 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0 5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 0 5 5 0
Mississippi State 2 3 0 8 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 0 4 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 6 0 3 7 0
Sewanee 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1935 college football season. It was the first year as head coach for Ralph Sasse, who had previously coached at Army. Sasse led the Maroons to a 13–7 upset win over Army,[1] a game which has been called one of the greatest wins in school history.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Howard (AL)*W 19–6[3]
September 28at VanderbiltL 9–14
October 4Millsaps*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 45–0
October 12at AlabamaW 20–78,000[4]
October 18at Loyola (LA)*
W 6–0[5]
October 26at Xavier*W 7–0
November 2at Army*W 13–7
November 9at LSUL 13–28
November 15at Mississippi State Teachers*W 27–0[6]
November 23Sewanee
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 25–0[7]
November 30at Ole MissL 6–14
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ Michael B. Ballard, Maroon and White: Mississippi State University, 1878–2003, University Press of Mississippi, 2008, ISBN 1-57806-999-8.
  2. ^ "Mississippi State Traditions". HailState.com.
  3. ^ "Mississippi State conquers Howard College 19 to 6". Nashville Banner. September 21, 1935. Retrieved March 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "State flashes aerial attack to defeat Tide, 20 to 0". The Selma Times-Journal. October 13, 1935. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Loyola Wolves Give Maroons Close Battle". The Shreveport Times. October 19, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "State warms up with 27–0 win over Peds". The Clarion-Ledger. November 16, 1935. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Miss. State 25; Sewanee 0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 24, 1935. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015