1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1942 college football season. They won the first nine games of the season, before losing its final two games, including a loss in the 1943 Cotton Bowl to Texas.[1]

1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 5
1942 record9–2 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrant Field
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26AuburnW 15–0
October 3at Notre Dame*W 13–620,545
October 10Chattanooga*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 30–12
October 17Davidson*No. 6
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 33–0
October 24at Navy*No. 6W 21–0
October 31at Duke*No. 5W 26–7
November 7KentuckyNo. 3
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 47–7
November 14No. 5 AlabamaNo. 2
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 7–032,000
November 21FloridaNo. 2
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 20–7
November 28at No. 5 GeorgiaNo. 2L 0–34
January 1vs. No. 18 Texas*No. 5L 7–1436,620
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References


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