1942 Memphis State Tigers football team

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1942
Memphis State Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
CaptainPreston Watts, Frank Simmons
Home stadiumCrump Stadium
Seasons
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Delaware     8 0 0
Mississippi Southern     4 0 0
Sewanee     1 0 0
Miami (FL)     7 2 0
Delaware State     3 1 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     4 2 1
Chattanooga     7 4 0
Georgetown     5 3 1
Navy     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 0
Western Maryland
    4 4 1
Tennessee Tech     3 4 2
Virginia     2 6 1
Roanoke     1 5 1

The 1942 Memphis State Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Memphis State College (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their first season and season under head coach Lefty Jamerson, the Tigers compiled a 2–7 record.

Memphis State was ranked at No. 360 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Middle Tennessee State TeachersL 13–21[2]
October 2Ouachita Baptist
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
L 7–32
October 9at
Southwest Missouri State
W 6–02,500[3]
October 17
Union (TN)
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
L 0–39[4]
October 23at ChattanoogaL 19–443,000[5]
October 31at Ole MissL 0–48[6]
November 5
Murray State
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 21–01,500[7]
November 13at Southeastern LouisianaL 14–382,500[8]
November 21Louisiana Tech
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
L 7–33[9]

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