1947 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

The 1947 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Reed Green, the team compiled a 7–3 record.

1947 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3
Head coach	Reed Green (8th season)
Home stadium	Faulkner Field
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princess Anne			–					8	–	0	–	0
Grambling			–					10	–	2	–	0
Sewanee			–					6	–	1	–	1
Memphis State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Texas State			–					9	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					7	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					7	–	3	–	0
Virginia			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					6	–	4	–	0
East Tennessee State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Catholic University			–					3	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga			–					4	–	6	–	0
Tennessee Tech			–					4	–	7	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					2	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	7	–	1
CCUNC			–					1	–	3	–	0
Florida State			–					0	–	5	–	0

Mississippi Southern was ranked at No. 112 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 7–34	30,000	[2]
September 26	at Auburn	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	W 19–13	15,000	[3]
October 11	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA (rivalry)	W 7–6	6,000	[4]
October 18	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 15–7		[5]
October 25	at Oklahoma City	Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	L 6–21	4,800	[6]
November 1	Stephen F. Austin	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 20–7	9,500
November 7	Northwestern State	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 20–0		[7]
November 14	Union (TN)	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 18–0		[8]
November 22	at Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 7–14	5,000	[9]
November 27	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 35–0		[10]
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