1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
Home stadiumFaulkner Field
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
  –   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 [1]
AlabamaCancelled [2]
Louisiana TechCancelled [3]
Southeastern LouisianaCancelled [4]
Louisiana NormalCancelled [5]
Southwestern LouisianaCancelled [6]
Spring HillCancelled [7]
Louisiana CollegeCancelled [8]
October 23Sixth Service SquadW 41–0[9]
October 31Mobile ShipbuildersMobile, ALW 26–7[10]
November 20Mobile Shipbuilders (Chickasaw Redskins?)
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 42–0[11]
November 27St. Mary's (TX)
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
Cancelled [12]
December 4Brookley Field
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 33–0[13]

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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.