1957 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

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1957
East Texas State
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFaulkner Field
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1957 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Norbert     8 0 0
Juniata     7 0 0
Hobart     6 0 0
Hofstra
    9 1 0
Louisville     9 1 0
Rose Poly
    7 1 0
Cal Poly Pomona     7 1 1
Montana State     8 2 0
Northern Michigan     6 2 0
Mississippi Southern     8 3 0
Sewanee     5 2 1
Tampa     6 3 0
Carnegie Tech
    4 2 1
Franklin & Marshall     4 2 1
Washington University     5 3 0
Abilene Christian     5 3 1
Delaware     4 3 0
Carthage
    4 3 1
Memphis State     6 4 0
Buffalo     5 4 0
Wabash     5 4 0
Hawaii     4 4 1
Chattanooga     4 5 1
Arkansas State     4 5 0
Howard (AL)
    4 5 0
Trinity (TX)
    3 5 0
Bucknell     3 6 0
Pepperdine     3 6 0
La Verne
    3 7 1
UC Riverside     1 4 1
Baldwin–Wallace
    1 6 1
Washington & Jefferson     1 6 1
Drexel     1 7 0
Temple     1 7 0
Washington and Lee     0 8 0

The 1957 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as an independent during the 1957 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Thad Vann, the team compiled a 8–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Louisiana Tech
W 7–07,500[1]
September 28
Trinity (TX)
W 13–07,000[2]
October 5vs. West Texas State
W 34–010,000[3]
October 12at Southeastern LouisianaW 14–05,000[4]
October 19at Memphis StateW 14–610,614[5]
October 25at ChattanoogaW 20–06,500[6]
November 2Abilene Christian
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 7–011,000[7]
November 9HoustonL 12–2711,000[8]
November 16Florida Statedagger
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 20–012,500[9]
November 23at AlabamaL 2–2918,500[10]
January 1, 1958vs.
East Texas State
L 9–1012,000[11]
  • daggerHomecoming

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