1938 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1938 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	4–6 (1–4 SEC)
Head coach	Spike Nelson (1st season)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 20,000)

1938 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Tennessee $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
No. 13 Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
No. 19 Tulane	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	1	–	3			3	–	4	–	3
Vanderbilt	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1938 college football season. Spike Nelson took over as head coach after the sudden resignation of Ralph Sasse. Nelson instituted new cardinal and gold uniforms, rather than the traditional maroon and white, upsetting fans and alumni. Nelson also proved unpopular with players and was not retained after the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	Howard*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 19–0
October 1	Florida	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 22–0
October 8	Louisiana Tech*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 48–0
October 14	at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	L 6–20
October 21	at Duquesne*	Forbes Field Pittsburgh	W 12–7
October 29	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans	L 0–27
November 5	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	L 7–32
November 12	Centenary*	Ray Stadium Meridian, Mississippi	L 0–19
November 19	at Rhodes*	Memphis, Tennessee	L 3–7
November 26	Ole Miss	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	L 6–19
*Non-conference game