1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1937 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1937 college football season. At the end of the season, popular head coach Ralph Sasse shocked students and fans by resigning after a nervous breakdown.[1][2] Sasse finished 20102 in his three seasons at Mississippi State.

1937 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1937 record541 (32 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 20,000)
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 0 0  9 1 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 0  9 2 0
Auburn 4 1 2  6 2 3
Vanderbilt 4 2 0  7 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 0  5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 2 1  6 3 1
Tennessee 4 3 0  6 3 1
Florida 3 4 0  4 7 0
Tulane 2 3 1  5 4 1
Georgia 1 2 2  6 3 2
Ole Miss 0 4 0  4 5 1
Kentucky 0 5 0  4 6 0
Sewanee 0 6 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25Delta State*W 39–0
October 2Howard*W 38–0
October 9at Texas A&M*Tyler, TexasL 0–14
October 16at AuburnL 7–33
October 23FloridaW 14–13
October 30at Centenary*
T 0–0
November 6at No. 18 LSUL 0–41
November 12SewaneeW 12–0
November 25at Ole MissW 9–7
December 4Duquesne*L 0–9
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

References

  1. cristilmethod. "12 Days of MSU History for Christmas, Day 7: MSU takes down Army in 1935". For Whom the Cowbell Tolls. SB Nation.
  2. "Sasse Confined to Home After Giving Up Post". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. November 11, 1937. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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