1940 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

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1940
Mississippi Southern Southerners football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–4 (3–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumFaulkner Field
Seasons
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 0 0 8 1 0
Newberry
4 0 0 7 2 1
Mississippi College 2 0 0 5 1 1
Eastern Kentucky
1 0 0 8 0 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 1 1 7 1 1
Louisiana Normal
4 1 1 6 3 1
SW Louisiana 4 1 0 6 3 1
Union (TN)
3 1 0 6 3 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 1 0 5 3 2
Murray State
4 2 1 4 3 2
Centre 2 1 0 3 6 0
Miami (FL) 2 1 0 3 7 0
Presbyterian 5 3 0 6 4 0
Mississippi Southern 3 2 0 7 4 0
Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 6 4 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 3 0 5 5 0
Morehead State 1 1 2 3 3 2
Wofford 2 2 1 3 4 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 4 0 4 4 0
Tampa 2 4 0 3 6 0
Oglethorpe 2 4 0 2 6 0
Tennessee Tech 1 2 0 2 6 0
Transylvania 1 2 1 5 3 1
Stetson 2 5 1 2 5 1
Troy State 1 3 0 3 6 0
Louisiana College
1 4 2 2 5 2
Union (KY) 0 1 1 5 1 1
Centenary 0 2 0 3 7 0
Louisville 0 2 0 3 5 1
Jacksonville State 0 2 0 3 5 0
Erskine 0 5 0 1 8 0
Delta State
0 5 1 0 8 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Reed Green, the team compiled a 7–4 record.

Mississippi Southern was ranked at No. 164 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27Troy StateW 25–0[2]
October 4Sam Houston State*
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
L 16–18[3]
October 11at Southeastern Louisiana*W 13–6[4]
October 19at Millsaps*Jackson, MSL 7–14[5]
October 26Spring Hill*
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 38–6[6]
November 2at
Louisiana College
L 0–7[7]
November 9at
Louisiana Normal
L 6–9[8]
November 15Southwestern Louisiana
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 21–14[9]
November 22
Delta State
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 41–0[10]
December 5at
St. Mary's (TX)*
W 27–6[11]
December 1437th Infantry Division (OH)*
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 26–0[12]
  • *Non-conference game

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