1942 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1942 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1942 college football season.[1]

1942 Ole Miss Rebels football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–7 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHemingway Stadium
(Capacity: 24,000)
Crump Stadium
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 1 011 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 09 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 09 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 08 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 08 3 0
LSU 3 2 07 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 06 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 06 4 0
Florida 1 3 03 7 0
Tulane 1 4 04 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 03 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Ole Miss was ranked at No. 84 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Western Kentucky*W 39–6
October 2at Georgetown*L 6–1415,000[3]
October 10GeorgiaL 13–48
October 17at LSU L 7–21
October 24Arkansas*
L 6–7
October 31Memphis State*
  • Hemingway Stadium
  • Oxford, MS (rivalry)
W 48–0[4]
November 7Vanderbilt
L 0–19
November 14 No. 11 Tennessee
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
L 0–14[5]
November 28at No. 16 Mississippi State L 13–34
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • E Barney Poole
  • E Ray Poole

References

  1. "1942 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Jack Troy (October 11, 1942). "Bulldogs Run Wild To Rout Mississippi 48-13". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3D via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Ole Miss swamps Memphis State team to tune of 48 to 0". The Birmingham News. November 1, 1942. Retrieved September 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Vols find early scoring good insurance at Memphis". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 15, 1942. Retrieved August 9, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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