Eighty years ago today...

[Maroon Eagle]

October 4, 1941- Mississippi State beat Alabama 14-0 in Tuscaloosa.Billy Murphy hit Tut Patterson for a 37yd TD in the 3rd quarter and Sonny Bruce scored in the 4th quarter.Despite losing two games and Miss State winning the SEC, Alabama claims a national championship in 1941 pic.twitter.com/MW4NhYYdqs— The Flying M ™️ (@MSUhistory) October 4, 2021

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Serious question:

How many of you on this board were in the student section for that game?

 

[Ralph Cramden]

Seems like thats our championship

 

[Maroon Eagle]

That was my father’s senior year in high school. He was a freshman at State the following year since he was still seventeen years old and then joined the Navy and fought World War II in the Pacific.

 

[Michael Grove]

My dad was on that 41 team , was actually co-captain. He always thought that team was better than the 40 team that was undefeated! No doubt our best chance for a natty, so far…!

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Why have we not claimed the natty for that year? It's not too late to claim it.

 

[Drebin]

My dad was on that 41 team , was actually co-captain. He always thought that team was better than the 40 team that was undefeated! No doubt our best chance for a natty, so far…!

SPS Magazine costs 19.41 in your dad's honor.

 

[wsjmsu75]

Disregarding Bama's ********, who really did win the natty that year? And how high did we finish in the polls?

 

[Antonio Brown's Foot]

Minnesota

 

[Nunya.sixpack]

Serious question:

How many of you on this board were in the student section for that game?

My grandchildren were sophomores that year. I was stuck in the concession line too much of the game.

 

[Michael Grove]

SPS Magazine costs 19.41 in your dad's honor.

awesome!

 

[ZombieKissinger]

Bernie Bierman - one of two Minnesota national championship coaches who also coached at Mississippi State

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We also had Bruce Arians at MSU - twice.

 

[was21]

Was Billy Murphy also nicknamed Spook and went on to become AD at Memphis State?

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Yes. He coached and was AD at Memphis State.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

We were 16th. Georgia was the highest ranked SEC team at 14th. Tennessee was 18th and Bama was 20th.

Ole Miss finished 17th after their loss to State which was for the conference title.

Link: Here.

 

[IPMdawg]

Now that we have an actual team sport national championship, it’s time to claim both the 1940 and 1941 football National championships. Hang the banners and make some noise on national championships. Maybe there are some more out there we can grab.

 

[maroonmadman]

Serious question:

How many of you on this board were in the student section for that game?

I had 2 uncles that were enrolled at State back then. After WWII one of them returned to get his degree and then went to Perdue for his masters. He then returned to State where he taught for 30 years in Electrical Engineering. The endowed chair for head of the EE dept. is named in his honor. The other uncle completed his BS degree at USMA in West Point. He got a masters at Ga. Tech.