1942 LSU Tigers football team

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1942 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–3 (3–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Tulane 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1942 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Bernie Moore, the Tigers complied an overall record of 7–3, with a conference record of 3–2, and finished sixth in the SEC.[1]

LSU was ranked at No. 19 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19
Louisiana Normal*
W 40–0[3]
September 26Texas A&M*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 16–725,000[4]
October 3at
Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
    		• L 14–2720,000[5]
    October 10Mississippi State
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
    		W 16–625,000[6]
    October 17Ole Missdagger
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
    		W 21–720,000[7]
    October 24Georgia Pre-Flight*
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA
    		W 34–015,000[8]
    October 31at No. 20 TennesseeNo. 19
    		L 0–2615,000[9]
    November 7at Fordham*
    		W 26–1316,400[10]
    November 14at Auburn
    		L 7–258,000[11]
    November 26Tulane
    		W 18–630,071[12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Rankings

    See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked
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    AP
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    References

    1. ^ "1942 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
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