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
Conference	Independent
Record	4–0
Head coach	Reed Green (6th season)
Home stadium	Faulkner Field

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	Tampa		Cancelled
	Alabama		Cancelled
	Louisiana Tech		Cancelled
	Southeastern Louisiana		Cancelled
	Louisiana Normal		Cancelled
	Southwestern Louisiana		Cancelled
	Spring Hill		Cancelled
	Louisiana College		Cancelled
October 23	Sixth Service Squad	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 41–0
October 31	Mobile Shipbuilders	Mobile, AL	W 26–7
November 20	Mobile Shipbuilders (Chickasaw Redskins?)	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 42–0
November 27	St. Mary's (TX)	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	Cancelled
December 4	Brookley Field	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 33–0