The 1958 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 1958 college football season. In their tenth year under head coach Thad Vann, the team compiled a 9–0 record and finished as UPI small college national champion.

Quick Facts Mississippi Southern Southerners football, UPI small college national champion ...
1958 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumFaulkner Field
Ladd Stadium
Seasons
 1957
1959 
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More information Conf, Overall ...
1958 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Mississippi Southern    9 0 0
Rochester    8 0 0
Rose Poly    8 0 0
Sewanee    8 0 0
No. 10 Buffalo    8 1 0
No. 6 Montana State    8 1 0
North Park    7 1 0
Carthage    7 2 0
Southern Connecticut State    7 2 0
Carnegie Tech    6 2 0
Northeastern    6 2 0
Cal Poly Pomona    7 3 0
Trinity (TX)    6 3 0
Hofstra    6 4 0
Tampa    6 4 0
Abilene Christian    5 5 0
No. 8 Chattanooga    5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace    4 4 1
Louisville    4 4 0
Northern Michigan    5 5 0
Xavier    5 5 0
Washington University    4 4 0
Arkansas State    4 5 0
No. 18 Memphis State    4 5 0
UC Riverside    2 3 2
Hawaii    5 7 0
St. Norbert    3 6 0
Wabash    3 6 0
Howard (AL)    1 5 1
Pepperdine    1 7 0
Washington and Lee    1 7 0
Rankings from UPI small college poll
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Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Louisiana TechW 14–07,500[1]
September 27at Trinity (TX)No. 1W 15–07,058[2]
October 4No. T–15 Memphis StateNo. 1
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS (rivalry)
W 24–2211,000[3]
October 11Southeastern LouisianaNo. 1
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 33–69,500[4]
October 25West Texas StateNo. 1
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 15–014,000[5]
November 1at Abilene ChristianNo. 1Abilene, TXW 22–07,000[6]
November 8NC StateNo. 1W 26–1418,987[7]
November 15VPINo. 1
  • Faulkner Field
  • Hattiesburg, MS
W 41–011,000[8]
November 27at No. 7 ChattanoogaNo. 1W 20–139,500[9]
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game
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