1958 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1958 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–6 (1–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Auburn 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
No. 11 Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 1 – 3 5 – 2 – 3
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Alabama 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
No. 14 Florida 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Georgia Tech 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Tulane 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Mississippi State 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. Although the Maroons finished 6–2–1 the previous year, they were unable to capitalize on the momentum and fell back to last place in the SEC.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at No. 18 FloridaNo. 11
W 14–731,102
October 4vs. TennesseeNo. 11
L 8–1327,279[1]
October 11Memphis State*
W 28–612,000[2]
October 18Arkansas State*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 38–012,000[3]
October 25AlabamaNo. 19
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS (rivalry)
L 7–9[4][5]
November 1at Kentucky
L 12–33
November 8at No. 5 Auburn
L 14–33
November 15No. 1 LSU
L 6–726,000
November 29at No. 13 Ole Miss
L 0–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6]

References

  1. ^ "Stubborn Vols defeat big Mississippi State". The Commercial Appeal. October 5, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Maroons in 28–6 win over Tigers". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1958. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Mississippi State Crooner leads squad in 38–0 romp". The Macon Telegraph. October 19, 1958. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Land, Charles (October 26, 1958). "Tide dumps State 9–7". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  5. ^ "Bama springs big surprise: Ekes by Mississippi State". The Altus Times-Democrat. UPI. October 26, 1958. p. 6. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  6. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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