1942 Ole Miss

2–⁠7 (0–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Harry Mehre.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1942, game by game: won vs. Western Kentucky 39–6; lost at Georgetown 6–14; lost vs. Georgia 13–48; lost at LSU 7–21; lost vs. Arkansas 6–7; won vs. Memphis 48–0; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–19; lost at No. 11 Tennessee 0–14; lost at No. 16 Mississippi State 13–34+48−35Won 39–6 vs. Western Kentucky+33Western KentuckyLost 6–14 at Georgetown-8GeorgetownLost 13–48 vs. Georgia-35GeorgiaLost 7–21 at LSU-14LSULost 6–7 vs. Arkansas-1ArkansasWon 48–0 vs. Memphis+48MemphisLost 0–19 vs. Vanderbilt-19VanderbiltLost 0–14 at No. 11 Tennessee-14No. 11 TennesseeLost 13–34 at No. 16 Mississippi State-21No. 16 Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 34–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

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
2–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠5 tied for 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠163
Coach
Harry Mehre
Elo
1467 −132 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.6 No. 68 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Oscar BrittOGAP-3; UP-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.