1942 Memphis State Tigers football team

1942 Memphis State Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
CaptainPreston Watts, Frank Simmons
Home stadiumCrump Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1947 →
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal (Grambling)     9 0 0
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]

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.