Mississippi State at LSU

Saturday, October 10, 1942

LSU beat Mississippi State 16–⁠6. It was their 36th meeting; after it, LSU led the series 19–⁠12–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayMississippi State8–⁠2 in 1942
6
HomeLSU7–⁠3 in 1942
16

FinalHigh 83°F, low 59°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Results of Football Games Yesterday FromP

    Evening star, October 11, 1942, page 37 (results column)

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    Results of Football Games Yesterday FromP Manhattan Beach Coast Guard, 20; Villanova, 49, Hamilton, 20: Hobart, 7. Lock Haven Teachers 10; Slippery Rock Teachers 0. Williams, So; Clarkson, 0. Coast Guard, “A; Colby IL. West Liberty, 20 Glenvie, 49, Mercersburg Academy, II; Franklin and Marshall Academy, 13. Springfield, 1s; Northeastern o. SOUTH Rollins College, 4e; Washington and Lee, o.. Tennessee. “a; Dayton, s. Virginia Tech, 49, Davidson 0. Tulane 18; Rice, 7. Georgia, 49, Mississippi, 13 Alabama, 81; Pensacola Filters, o. Georgia Tech, 30: Chattanooga H. South Carolina State. 7; Morehouse, g. Tennessee Tech, 0; Morris Harvey. die). Vanderbilt, Z Kentucky 6. Georgia Pre-f1ight, 26; Duke, IL. v. M l.. SO; Virginia, l8. Prairie View, ID; Xavier, O. Kentucky State Industrial, 50; Alabama A. and NJ O. fiorloa, o, AUBURN, O Appalachian State Teachers 27; High Point, o. Navy Cloudbusters l9; North Carolina State, 7. Miami, IS; Tampa 6. Wake Forest, ID Furman, g. Louisiana State, 16; Mississippi State, 6. Randolph Macon, 6; Richmond, o. MIDDLE WEST. Illinois, 20: Minnesota l3 Ohio State. 49, Southern California II. Purdue, Z; Northwestern 8. Wisconsin. II; Missouri g. Great Lakes, Z; Pittsburgh s.. Iowa Cadets, as; Michigan, II. Michigan State, 46; Wayne, g. Ohio University, s; Butler, o. Wooster, 13; Heidelberg, 8. Otterbein, %: Kenyon. o. Miami (Ohio), So; Kent State, Z. Iowa. 80; Camp Grant. 16. Notre Dame, 27; Stanford, 0. Washington (St. Louis), ~; Wichita, 8. Ohio Northern, 6; Wittenberg, (tie). Denson. n; Oberlin, s. Indiana, II: Nebraska, o. Elmhurst. 26; Eureka, I. Upper Iowa, IS; Buena vista, o. Carroll, 10: Lake Forest, Z.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Mississippi State 52% to win. LSU won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, LSU leads 75–⁠36–⁠3; as played, 75–⁠37–⁠3 in the 115 games on file; the official count covers all 117 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026LSU 31, Mississippi State 0
2023LSU 41, Mississippi State 14
2022LSU 31, Mississippi State 16
2021LSU 28, Mississippi State 25
2020Mississippi State 44, LSU 34
2019LSU 36, Mississippi State 13

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