The 1935 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an

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team that represented Mississippi State College (now known as

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) as a member of the

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(SEC) during the

1935 college football season The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. There were seven contemporary math system selectors that year who are informally recognized by the NCAA as "n ...

. In their first year under head coach

Ralph Sasse Ralph Irvine Sasse (July 19, 1889 – October 16, 1954) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy from 193 ...

, the Maroons complied an overall record of 8–3, with a conference record of 2–3, and finished tied for ninth in the SEC. It was the first year as head coach for Ralph Sasse, who had previously coached at

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. Sasse led the Maroons to a 13–7 upset win over Army, a game which has been called one of the greatest wins in school history.

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Mississippi State Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univers ...

Mississippi State Bulldogs football seasons

Mississippi State Maroons football The Mississippi State Bulldogs football program represents Mississippi State University in the sport of American football. The Bulldogs compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and th ...

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