1942 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1942 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1942 college football season.

1942 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 11
1942 record9–2 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1942 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 19Corpus Christi NAS*W 40–0
September 26Kansas State*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 64–0
October 3at Northwestern*L 0–3
October 10vs. Oklahoma*W 7–020,000
October 17at ArkansasNo. 20Little Rock, AR (rivalry)W 47–6
October 24at RiceNo. 15W 12–7
October 31SMUNo. 17
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 21–7
November 7BaylorNo. 14
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 20–0
November 14at TCUNo. 8L 7–13
November 26Texas A&MNo. 18
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 12–6
January 1, 1943vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech*No. 11
W 14–736,620
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Awards and honors

  • Jack Freeman, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Roy McKay, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Stanley Mauldin, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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