1942 college football season

1942 NCAA football season
First AP #1 of season	Ohio State Buckeyes
Number of bowls	5
Champion	Ohio State Buckeyes (AP) Georgia Bulldogs (Various)
Heisman	Frank Sinkwich, Georgia HB
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In 1942, Georgia Bulldogs were the consensus national champions, defeating UCLA in the Rose Bowl on January 1st, 1943. Ohio State was crowned #1 in the final AP Poll at the end of November, but did not make a bowl appearance. At the time, the AP poll did not put out a post-bowl poll.

In 1942, as many as 156 sportswriters participated in the AP poll (which did not take into account bowl games). Each writer listed his choice for the top ten teams, and points were tallied based on 10 for first place, 9 for second, etc., and the AP then ranked the twenty teams with the highest number of points.

The United States had entered the World War II, and able-bodied men of college age had volunteered for, or been drafted into, the armed forces. “Service teams,” many of which had former collegiate or professional players who had entered the Army or the Navy, played games against the college programs. In 1942, teams were fielded by Georgia Pre-Flight, the Great Lakes Naval Station, Iowa Pre-Flight, Jacksonville NAS, and St. Mary’s Preflight.

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

One conference played its final season in 1942:
- Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association – conference active since the 1928 season
One conference changed its name this year:
- The Northern Teachers Athletic Conference, an active NCAA Division II conference now known as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, changed its name to the State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota

Membership changes

School	1941 Conference	1942 Conference
American Eagles	Mason-Dixon	Dropped Program
Centenary Gentlemen	SIAA	Dropped program
Gonzaga (WA) Bulldogs	Independent	Dropped Program
Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels	Independent	Dropped program
Providence Friars	Independent	Dropped program
Transylvania Pioneers	SIAA	Dropped program

September

On September 19, in Louisville, Georgia defeated Kentucky, 7–6. The following Friday, Georgia defeated the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, 14–0, in Macon. The soldiers at the Flight School at the University of Iowa, organized as the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks, overwhelmed Kansas, 61–0.

Most schools got their seasons underway on September 26. Defending champion Minnesota beat Pittsburgh, 50–7. Duke beat Davidson 21–0. Notre Dame and Wisconsin played to a 7–7 tie in Madison. Illinois beat South Dakota 46–0. In Montgomery, Alabama beat South Louisiana Institute (later University of Louisiana at Lafayette), 54–0. Texas beat the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, 18–7. Michigan beat the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 9–0. Before its smallest crowd since 1933 (22,555) Ohio State defeated a service team, the Fort Knox Armoraiders, 59–0.^[1] Iowa Pre-Flight won again, at Northwestern, 20-12.

October

October 3

Minnesota’s winning streak ended when the defending national champs lost their first game in almost four years, to the Seahawks of Iowa Pre-Flight (who just happened to be coached that season by "former" Minnesota head coach Bernie Bierman who had taken leave from Minnesota to serve as an officer in the military during World War II), 7–6. Ohio State beat Indiana 32–21. Michigan beat Michigan State 20-0. Illinois defeated Butler 67-0. Texas beat LSU 27–14. Notre Dame lost to Georgia Tech 13-6. Georgia defeated Furman 40-7. Alabama beat Mississippi State 21-6. Duke lost at Wake Forest, 20–7.

October 10

Minnesota lost at Illinois, 20–13. Ohio State beat visiting USC, 28–12. Michigan lost to Iowa Pre-Flight, 26–14. Georgia beat Ole Miss, 48–13, at Memphis. In Mobile, Alabama defeated the Pensacola NAS, 27–0. Texas lost at Tulane, 18–7. In the poll that followed, the Top Five consisted of three teams from the Big Nine (#1 Ohio State, #3 Michigan, and #5 Illinois) and two from the SEC (#2 Georgia and #4 Alabama).

October 17

#1 Ohio State beat Purdue 26–0. #2 Georgia beat Tulane 40–0. #3 Michigan defeated Northwestern 34–16. In Birmingham, #4 Alabama beat #15 Tennessee, 8–0. #5 Illinois won at #19 Iowa, 12–7. Losing also that day was Iowa Pre-Flight, which sustained its first loss at Notre Dame, 28–0.

In the next poll, the Top Five shuffled slightly, with Alabama and Michigan trading places: Ohio State (#1), Georgia (#2), Alabama (#3), Michigan (#4), Illinois (#5).

October 24

#1 Ohio State won at Northwestern 20–6. #2 Georgia won at Cincinnati 35–13. #3 Alabama won at Kentucky, 14–0. #4 Michigan lost at #13 Minnesota, 16–14. #5 Illinois lost to #8 Notre Dame, 21–14. #6 Georgia Tech won at Navy, 21–0.

In the poll that followed, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech replaced Michigan and Illinois: Ohio State (#1), Georgia (#2), Alabama (#3), Notre Dame (#4), Georgia Tech (#5).

October 31

#1 Ohio State lost at #6 Wisconsin, 17-7. In Atlanta, #2 Georgia beat #3 Alabama, 21-10. #4 Notre Dame beat Navy in Cleveland, 9-0. #5 Georgia Tech won at Duke, 26-7. #7 Boston College beat Georgetown, 47-0. The Georgia Bulldogs took over first place in the poll that followed, and Wisconsin and Boston College moved in while Ohio State and Alabama fell out: 1.Georgia 2.Wisconsin 3.Georgia Tech 4.Notre Dame 5.Boston College.

November

November 7

In Jacksonville, #1 Georgia beat Florida, 75–0. #2 Wisconsin lost at unranked Iowa, 6–0. #3 Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 47–7. #4 Notre Dame beat Army 13–0 at Yankee Stadium. #5 Boston College beat Temple, 28–0. #8 Alabama beat South Carolina 29-0 and moved into the Top Five as Wisconsin dropped out. The nation’s top two teams were Georgia and Georgia Tech: Georgia (#1), Georgia Tech (#2), Boston College (#3), Notre Dame (#4), Alabama (#5).

November 14

#1 Georgia won at Chattanooga, 40–0. In Atlanta, #2 Georgia Tech beat #5 Alabama 7-0. #3 Boston College beat Fordham at home, 56–6. #4 Notre Dame lost to #6 Michigan, 32–20, while in Cleveland, #10 Ohio State beat #13 Illinois 44–20. The poll: Georgia (#1), Georgia Tech (#2), Boston College (#3), Michigan (#4), Ohio State (#5).

November 21

In Columbus, GA, #1 Georgia lost to unranked Auburn, 27-13. #2 Georgia Tech beat Florida 20–7. #3 Boston College defeated Boston University, 37–0. #4 Michigan and #5 Ohio State met in Columbus, with OSU winning 21–7, capturing the Big Nine championship, and finishing its season at 9–1–0. #7 Wisconsin beat #10 Minnesota 21–6 to finish its season at 8–1–1. In the next poll, the Boston College Eagles were #1: Boston College (#1), Georgia Tech (#2), Ohio State (#3), Wisconsin (#4), Georgia (#5).

November 28

#1 Boston College lost to unranked Holy Cross, 55–12. #2 Georgia Tech visited #5 Georgia, and lost 34–0. #3 Ohio State defeated the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks, 41–12, finishing 9–1–0 and capturing the #1 ranking in the final AP poll.

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1942 Big 6 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Missouri $	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma	3	–	1	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Nebraska	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Kansas	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1942 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Wisconsin	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
No. 9 Michigan	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Minnesota	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1942 MSC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Colorado +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Utah +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1942 New England Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
New Hampshire $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	0	–	0
Connecticut $	2	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Northeastern	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Maine	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1942 PCC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
No. 12 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Washington	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	3	–	3
California	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1942 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Georgia $	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 18 Mississippi State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1942 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 William & Mary $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
VPI	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest	6	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Duke	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	1	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Davidson	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
VMI	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1942 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Texas $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Rice	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
TCU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Baylor	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
SMU	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
Arkansas	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1942 college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 14 William and Mary		–		9	–	1	–	1
No. 19 Penn State		–		6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	2
No. 15 Santa Clara		–		7	–	2	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		7	–	2	–	0
Army		–		6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	0
St. Mary's		–		6	–	3	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross		–		5	–	4	–	1
Navy		–		5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	6	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

1942 military service football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
California Pre-Flight		–		6	–	3	–	1
Albuquerque AB		–		4	–	3	–	0
Camp Davis (NC)		–		4	–	3	–	2
Camp Grant (IL)		–		6	–	6	–	0
Camp Pickett (VA)		–		1	–	6	–	0
Alameda Coast Guard		–		1	–	7	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Hardin–Simmons Texas Tech	3–0–1
California Collegiate Athletic Association	Fresno State Normal	2–0–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Morgan State College	5–1–1
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Pittsburg State	5–0–0
Far Western Conference	Pacific (CA)	2–0–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Dubuque	8–0–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Baker	6–0–0
Lone Star Conference	East Texas State Teachers	2–0–1
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Alma	4–0–0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference	Lawrence	5–0–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Saint Thomas (MN)	5–0–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Northwest Missouri State Teachers Southeast Missouri State Teachers	3–1–0
Nebraska College Athletic Conference	Doane	4–0–0
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Nebraska State Teachers (UN–Kearney)	2–1–0
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference	New Mexico State Teachers	1–0–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Augustana (SD) Iowa State Teachers (Northern Iowa)	4–0–0 5–0–0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference	North Dakota Science	5–0–0
Ohio Athletic Conference	Ohio Northern	5–0–1
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference	Central State College (OK)	2–0–0
Pacific Northwest Conference	Willamette	4–0–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	East Stroudsburg State Teachers	4–0–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado Mines	2–0–0
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference	Augustana (SD)	2–0–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Occidental Pomona-Pitzer Whittier	2–1–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Florida A&M College	7–0–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Texas College	4–0–0
State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota	Mankato State Teachers St. Cloud State Teachers	4–0–0
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Howard Payne	4–0–0
Washington Intercollegiate Conference	Central Washington College	4–1–1
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference	North: La Crosse Teachers South: Platteville State Teachers	4–0–0 3–0–1

Final polls

Bowl games

Bowl	Winning Team	points	Losing Team	points
Rose Bowl	#2 Georgia Bulldogs	9	#13 UCLA Bruins	0
Sugar Bowl	#7 Tennessee Volunteers	14	#4 Tulsa Golden Hurricane	7
Orange Bowl	#10 Alabama Crimson Tide	37	#8 Boston College Eagles	21
Cotton Bowl	#11 Texas Longhorns	14	#5 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	7
Sun Bowl	Second Air Force	13	Hardin-Simmons	7

References

↑ “Ohio State Triumphs Over Fort Knox Soldiers,” The Sunday Times-Signal (Zanesville, O.), Sep. 27, 1942, pII-6

NCAA football seasons
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NCAA University Division/ Division I	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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NCAA Division II	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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