1934 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1934 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College (now known as Mississippi State University) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1934 college football season. In their second year under head coach Ross MacKechnie, the Maroons complied an overall record of 4–6, with a conference record of 0–5, and finished 12th in the SEC.[1]

1934 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–6 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Tulane + 8 0 0 10 1 0
No. 6 Alabama + 7 0 0 10 0 0
Tennessee 5 1 0 8 2 0
LSU 4 2 0 7 2 2
Georgia 3 2 0 7 3 0
Vanderbilt 4 3 0 6 3 0
Florida 2 2 1 6 3 1
Ole Miss 2 3 1 4 5 1
Kentucky 1 3 0 5 5 0
Auburn 1 6 0 2 8 0
Sewanee 0 4 0 2 7 0
Mississippi State 0 5 0 4 6 0
Georgia Tech 0 6 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Howard (AL)*W 13–7[2]
September 29at VanderbiltL 0–7[3]
October 5Millsaps*L 6–7[4]
October 13at AlabamaL 0–416,000[5]
October 20at Southwestern (TN)*
W 21–64,000[6]
October 26Mississippi College*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 13–6[7]
November 3at LSUL 3–25[8]
November 10at TennesseeL 0–145,000[9]
November 17at Loyola (LA)*W 20–6[10]
December 1vs. Ole Miss
L 3–710,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1934 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Howard loses to Maroons". The Birmingham News. September 22, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Commodores score first S.E.C. victory". The Birmingham News. September 30, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Millsaps 11 beats State". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 6, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Alabama, Tennessee too much for boys of Magnolia State". The Clarion-Ledger. October 14, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Mississippi State's brruising attack crushes Lynx". The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Choctaws downed by State 13 to 6 with big crowd on hand". The Clarion-Ledger. October 27, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Long watches L.S.U. wallop Maroon squad". The Nashville Tennessean. November 4, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Dickens leads Vols to 14–0 victory over Mississippi State". The Knoxville Journal. November 11, 1934. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Maroon overhead work features win over Loyola, 20–6". The Commercial Appeal. November 18, 1934. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Game is won by Ole Miss". The Huntsville Times. December 2, 1934. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.