1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1945 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	6–3 (2–3 SEC)
Head coach	Allyn McKeen (6th season)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 20,000)

1945 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Alabama $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 15 LSU	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Auburn	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Tulane	1	–	3	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1945 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 29	Southwestern Louisiana*		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 31–0
October 6	at Auburn		Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	W 20–0
October 13	vs. Detroit*	No. 20	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	W 41–6
October 20	Maxwell Field*	No. 20	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 16–6
November 3	at Tulane	No. 15	Tulane Stadium New Orleans	L 13–14
November 10	at No. 14 LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	W 27–20
November 17	Northwestern State*	No. 16	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 54–0
November 24	Ole Miss	No. 20	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	L 6–7
December 1	at No. 3 Alabama		Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	L 13–55
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game