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1942 LSU

7–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bernie Moore.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1942, game by game: won vs. Northwestern State 40–0; won vs. Texas A&M 16–7; lost at Rice 14–27; won vs. Mississippi State 16–6; won vs. Ole Miss 21–7; won vs. Georgia Pre-Flight 34–0; lost at No. 20 Tennessee 0–26; won at Fordham 26–13; lost at Auburn 7–25; won vs. Tulane 18–6+40−26Won 40–0 vs. Northwestern State+40Northwestern St…Won 16–7 vs. Texas A&M+9Texas A&MLost 14–27 at Rice-13RiceWon 16–6 vs. Mississippi State+10Mississippi Sta…Won 21–7 vs. Ole Miss+14Ole MissWon 34–0 vs. Georgia Pre-Flight+34Georgia Pre-Fli…Lost 0–26 at No. 20 Tennessee-26No. 20 TennesseeWon 26–13 at Fordham+13FordhamLost 7–25 at Auburn-18AuburnWon 18–6 vs. Tulane+12Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsNorthwestern StateW 40–⁠093%
Sep 26vsTexas A&MW 16–⁠745%
Oct 3atRiceL 14–⁠2745%
Oct 10vsMississippi StateW 16–⁠648%
Oct 17vsOle MissW 21–⁠762%
Oct 24vsGeorgia Pre-FlightW 34–⁠059%
Oct 31at20TennesseeL 0–⁠2640%
Nov 7atFordhamW 26–⁠1350%
Nov 14atAuburnL 7–⁠2560%
Nov 26vsTulaneW 18–⁠664%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 18–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1942.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
192–⁠117
Coach
Bernie Moore
Elo
1599 +62 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.0 No. 15 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠111–⁠12
Tennessee4–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Georgia Tech4–⁠19–⁠25
Mississippi State5–⁠28–⁠218
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠310
LSU3–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠116
Vanderbilt2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠33–⁠7
Tulane1–⁠44–⁠5
Kentucky0–⁠53–⁠6–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.