Year: | 1939 |
Team: | Mississippi State Maroons |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Record: | 8–2 |
Conf Record: | 3–2 |
Head Coach: | Allyn McKeen |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Stadium: | Scott Field |
The 1939 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 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons complied an overall record of 8–2, with a conference record of 3–2, and finished fourth in the SEC.[1]
Mississippi State was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 31 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[2] and at No. 19 in the Litkenhous Ratings.[3]