1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

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.

1942 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
ConferenceIndependent
1942 record4–0
Head coach
Home stadiumFaulkner Field
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Delaware   –    8 –0 –0
Mississippi Southern   –    4 –0 –0
Miami (FL)   –    7 –2 –0
Chattanooga   –    7 –4 –0
Georgetown   –    5 –3 –1
Navy   –    5 –4 –0
West Virginia   –    5 –4 –0
Western Maryland   –    4 –4 –1
Virginia   –    2 –6 –1

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 Squad
W 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. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  2. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  3. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  4. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  5. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  7. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  8. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  9. "Team Too Good for the Airmen". Hattiesburg American. 1942-10-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  10. "Southern College Team Idle This Week". Hattiesburg American. 1942-11-02. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  11. "Runaway". Hattiesburg American. 1942-11-21. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  12. "Southern Loses Another Grid Opponent". Hattiesburg American. 1942-01-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  13. "M. S. C." Hattiesburg American. 1942-12-05. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  14. "2019 USM Football Almanac (PDF)" (PDF). Southern Miss. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
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