1942 Ole Miss Rebels football team

The 1942 Ole Miss Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In their fifrth year under head coach Harry Mehre, the Rebels compiled an overall record of 2–7, with a conference record of 0–5, and finished 12th in the SEC.^[1]

1942 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–7 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach	Harry Mehre (5th season)
Home stadium	Hemingway Stadium Crump Stadium
Seasons ← 1941 1944 →

1942 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Western Kentucky State*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 39–6	1,500	[3]
October 2	at Georgetown*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 6–14	15,000	[4]
October 10	Georgia	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 13–48	15,000	[5]
October 17	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 7–21	20,000	[6]
October 24	Arkansas*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 6–7	15,000	[7]
October 31	Memphis State*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 48–0		[8]
November 7	vs. Vanderbilt	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 0–19	6,000	[9]
November 14	vs. No. 11 Tennessee	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 0–14		[10]
November 28	at No. 16 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 13–34	16,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster

• E Barney Poole
• E Ray Poole