1957 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

The 1957 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 1957 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Thad Vann, the team compiled a 8–3 record.

1957 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
Tangerine Bowl, L 9–10 vs. East Texas State
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Thad Vann (9th season)
Home stadium	Faulkner Field Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

1957 NCAA College Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
St. Norbert			–					8	–	0	–	0
Juniata			–					7	–	0	–	0
Hobart			–					6	–	0	–	0
Hofstra			–					9	–	1	–	0
Louisville			–					9	–	1	–	0
Rose Poly			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					7	–	1	–	1
Montana State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					8	–	3	–	0
Sewanee			–					5	–	2	–	1
Tampa			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Washington University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Abilene Christian			–					5	–	3	–	1
Delaware			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carthage			–					4	–	3	–	1
Memphis State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	4	–	0
Wabash			–					5	–	4	–	0
Hawaii			–					4	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga			–					4	–	5	–	1
Arkansas State			–					4	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)			–					4	–	5	–	0
Trinity (TX)			–					3	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pepperdine			–					3	–	6	–	0
La Verne			–					3	–	7	–	1
UC Riverside			–					1	–	4	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					1	–	6	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					1	–	6	–	1
Drexel			–					1	–	7	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	7	–	0
Washington and Lee			–					0	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA (rivalry)	W 7–0	7,500	[1]
September 28	Trinity (TX)	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 13–0	7,000	[2]
October 5	vs. West Texas State	Amarillo Stadium Amarillo, TX	W 34–0	10,000	[3]
October 12	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 14–0	5,000	[4]
October 19	at Memphis State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 14–6	10,614	[5]
October 25	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 20–0	6,500	[6]
November 2	Abilene Christian	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 7–0	11,000	[7]
November 9	Houston	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 12–27	11,000	[8]
November 16	Florida State	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 20–0	12,500	[9]
November 23	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 2–29	18,500	[10]
January 1, 1958	vs. East Texas State	Tangerine Bowl Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	L 9–10	12,000	[11]
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