1949 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1949 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	0–8–1 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	Arthur Morton (1st season)
Home stadium	Scott Field

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. Mississippi State failed to score more than seven points in any game all season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–10	32,000
October 1	Baylor*	Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 6–14	15,000
October 8	at Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	T 7–7	18,000
October 15	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–19
October 22	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	L 6–35	26,000
October 29	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 6–54	35,000
November 5	at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 6–25	20,000
November 12	at No. 16 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 7–34
November 26	Ole Miss	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 0–26	32,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game