1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

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1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
Home stadiumFaulkner Field
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.