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1942 Mississippi State

8–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Allyn McKeen, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1942, game by game: won vs. Union (Tennessee) 35–2; lost at Alabama 6–21; lost at LSU 6–16; won at No. 12 Vanderbilt 33–0; won at Florida 26–12; won at Auburn 6–0; won at Tulane 7–0; won vs. Duquesne 28–6; won vs. Ole Miss 34–13; won vs. San Francisco 19–7+33−15Won 35–2 vs. Union (Tennessee)+33Union (Tennesse…Lost 6–21 at Alabama-15AlabamaLost 6–16 at LSU-10LSUWon 33–0 at No. 12 Vanderbilt+33No. 12 VanderbiltWon 26–12 at Florida+14FloridaWon 6–0 at Auburn+6AuburnWon 7–0 at Tulane+7TulaneWon 28–6 vs. Duquesne+22DuquesneWon 34–13 vs. Ole Miss+21Ole MissWon 19–7 vs. San Francisco+12San Francisco
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsUnion (Tennessee)W 35–⁠295%
Oct 3atAlabamaL 6–⁠2146%
Oct 10atLSUL 6–⁠1652%
Oct 17at12VanderbiltW 33–⁠046%
Oct 24atFloridaW 26–⁠1266%
Oct 31atAuburnW 6–⁠058%
Nov 7atTulaneW 7–⁠054%
Nov 14vsDuquesneW 28–⁠666%
Nov 28vsOle MissW 34–⁠1383%
Dec 5vsSan FranciscoW 19–⁠777%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San Francisco 19–⁠7; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16
  2. Wk 7: 16
  3. Final: 18

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
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 16
Points
200–⁠77
Coach
Allyn McKeen
Elo
1720 +83 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.4 No. 10 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 2J.T. Black BBrooklyn Dodgers

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • J.T. “Blondy” BlackRBUP-1

Second team

  • Robert PattersonEAP-2
  • Raymond RayOGAP-2
  • John BlackRBAP-2

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.