1942 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1942 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	8–2 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach	Allyn McKeen (4th season)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 20,000)

1942 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 26	Union*		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 35–2
October 3	at Alabama		Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	L 6–21
October 10	at LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	L 6–16
October 17	at No. 12 Vanderbilt		Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee	W 33–0
October 24	at Florida	No. 16	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida	W 26–12
October 31	at Auburn		Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	W 6–0
November 7	at Tulane		Tulane Stadium New Orleans	W 7–0
November 14	Duquesne*		Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 28–6
November 28	Ole Miss	No. 16	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	W 34–13
December 5	San Francisco*	No. 16	Crump Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	W 19–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game