1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1946 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	8–2 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach	Allyn McKeen (7th season)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 20,000)

1946 Southeastern Conference football standings

	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

The 1946 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1946 college football season.

They went 8-2 in 10 games played and got the highest rank of #19 on the AP Poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 29	Chattanooga*		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 41–7
October 5	at LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	L 6–13
October 12	at Michigan State*		Macklin Field East Lansing, Michigan	W 6–0
October 19	San Francisco*		Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	W 48–20
October 26	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans	W 14–7
November 2	Murray State*		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 69–0
November 9	at Auburn		Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	W 33–0
November 16	Northwestern State*		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 27–0
November 23	at Ole Miss		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	W 20–0
November 30	at Alabama	No. 19	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	L 7–24
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game