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1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
Home stadiumFaulkner Field
Seasons← 19411946 →
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal (Grambling)   –   9 – 0 – 0
Delaware   –   8 – 0 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   4 – 0 – 0
Sewanee   –   1 – 0 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   7 – 2 – 0
Delaware State   –   3 – 1 – 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers   –   4 – 2 – 1
Chattanooga   –   7 – 4 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 4 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 4 – 0
Western Maryland   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tennessee Tech   –   3 – 4 – 2
Virginia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Roanoke   –   1 – 5 – 1

The 1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) in the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 4–0 record in the wartime football setting of WWII, and outscored their opponents by a total of 142 to 7.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
TampaCancelled
AlabamaCancelled
Louisiana TechCancelled
Southeastern LouisianaCancelled
Louisiana NormalCancelled
Southwestern LouisianaCancelled
Spring HillCancelled
Louisiana CollegeCancelled
October 23Sixth Service SquadW 41–0
October 31Mobile ShipbuildersMobile, ALW 26–7
November 20Mobile Shipbuilders (Chickasaw Redskins?)
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 42–0
November 27St. Mary's (TX)
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
Cancelled
December 4Brookley Field
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 33–0

References

  1. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  2. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  4. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  5. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  6. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  7. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  8. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  9. "Team Too Good for the Airmen". Hattiesburg American. October 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  10. "Southern College Team Idle This Week". Hattiesburg American. November 2, 1942. p. 7. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  11. "Runaway". Hattiesburg American. November 21, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  12. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. January 24, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  13. "M. S. C." Hattiesburg American. December 5, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  14. "2019 USM Football Almanac (PDF)" (PDF). Southern Miss. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
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