1946 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team explained

Year:	1946
Team:	Mississippi Southern Southerners
Sport:	football
Conference:	Independent
Record:	7–3
Head Coach:	Reed Green
Hc Year:	7th
Stadium:	Faulkner Field
Bowl:	Bacardi Bowl
Bowl Result:	W 55–0 vs. University of Havana
Prev Year:	1942

The 1946 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) in the 1946 college football season. The team played in the Bacardi Bowl against the University of Havana.^[1]

Mississippi Southern was ranked at No. 64 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[2]

Schedule

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After the season

See main article: 1947 NFL draft. The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Southerner was selected.^[4]

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Dick Thomas

New York Giants

Notes and References

1. Web site: 100 Years of Southern Miss Athletics . 2016-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816130753/http://www.southernmiss.com/100/100-football-timeline.html . 2016-08-16 . dead .
2. News: Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. The Knoxville News-Sentinel. December 15, 1946. B4. Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: 1946 Football Schedule.
4. Web site: 1947 NFL Draft Listing. Pro-Football-Reference.com. November 29, 2020.