1942 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1942 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 18
Record8–2 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 1 011 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 09 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 09 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 08 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 08 3 0
LSU 3 2 07 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 06 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 06 4 0
Florida 1 3 03 7 0
Tulane 1 4 04 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 03 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College (now known as Mississippi State University) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons complied an overall record of 8–2, with a conference record of 5–2, and finished fourth in the SEC.