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1942 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 18
Record8–2 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
← 1941
1944 →
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1942 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Union (TN)*
W 35–2
October 3at Alabama
L 6–2118,000[1]
October 10at LSU
L 6–16
October 17at No. 12 Vanderbilt
W 33–0
October 24at FloridaNo. 16
W 26–12
October 31at Auburn
W 6–0
November 7at Tulane
W 7–028,000[2]
November 14Duquesne*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 28–6
November 28Ole MissNo. 16
W 34–13
December 5vs. San Francisco*No. 16
W 19–7250[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Crimson Tide drowns State title hopes with 21 to 6 triumph". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. October 4, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Tulane, minus Lou Thomas, goes down before Mississippi State 7–0". The Birmingham News. November 8, 1942. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Harry Borba (December 6, 1942). "U.S.F. Buried in Mud Battle: Dons See 'Black' in Miss. State Defeat; Blondy Finds 'Heavy Track' to Liking; Only 250 Witness Game". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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