1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team information
American college football season
1941Mississippi State Maroons football
SEC champion
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP
No. 16
Record
8–1–1 (4–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Allyn McKeen (3rd season)
Home stadium
Scott Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 16 Mississippi State $
4
–
0
–
1
8
–
1
–
1
No. 18 Tennessee
3
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
No. 20 Alabama
5
–
2
–
0
9
–
2
–
0
No. 14 Georgia
3
–
1
–
1
9
–
1
–
1
No. 17 Ole Miss
2
–
1
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
Vanderbilt
3
–
2
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
LSU
2
–
2
–
2
4
–
4
–
2
Tulane
2
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Georgia Tech
2
–
4
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Florida
1
–
3
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Kentucky
0
–
4
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Auburn
0
–
4
–
1
4
–
5
–
1
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons compiled an 8–1–1 record (4–0–1 against SEC opponents), won the only SEC championship in school history, outscored opponents by a total of 191 to 55, and were ranked No. 16 in the final AP Poll.[1]
After losing eight of eleven starters from the undefeated 1940 team, the Maroons were picked to finish at or near the bottom of the SEC in 1941.[2] Yet, they won games against conference opponents, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, and Ole Miss, and played a scoreless tie against LSU. The sole loss of the season was to No. 10 Duquesne.[1] The 1941 season was the second consecutive season in which Mississippi State went undefeated against SEC opponents.
Two Mississippi State players were named to the 1941 All-SEC football team. Tackle Bill Arnold received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and second-team honors from the United Press (UP). Halfback Johnnie "Blondy" Black was picked by the UP for the second team.[3][4][5]
Mississippi State was ranked at No. 19 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[6]
^ ab"1941 Mississippi State Bulldogs Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Two Jackson Youths Given Mississippi State Letters". Clarion-Ledger. December 18, 1941. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^"All-Southeastern Team Is Selected". The Odessa American. December 1, 1941. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Sinkwich, Nelson, Jenkins and Hapes Selected on All-Southeastern Eleven". The Palm Beach Post. December 2, 1941.
^"Eight Teams Represented On UP Grid Squad". Bradford Evening Star. November 25, 1941. p. 12. Retrieved May 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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