1942 Texas A&M Aggies football team
| 1942 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Kyle Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas—now known as Texas A&M University—in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1942 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Homer Norton, the team compiled an overall record of 4–5–1, with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, and finished fifth in the SWC.[1]
Texas A&M was ranked at No. 37 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | at LSU* | L 7–16 | 25,000 | [3] | |
| October 3 | Texas Tech* | W 19–0 | 10,000 | [4] | |
| October 10 | at Corpus Christi NAS* |
| L 7–18 | [5] | |
| October 17 | No. 17 TCU |
| L 2–7 | 14,000 | [6] |
| October 24 | at Baylor | L 0–6 | [7] | ||
| October 31 | Arkansas |
| W 41–0 | [8] | |
| November 7 | at SMU | W 27–20 | [9] | ||
| November 14 | at Rice | T 0–0 | 20,000 | [10] | |
| November 26 | at No. 18 Texas | L 6–12 | 43,000 | [11] | |
| December 5 | vs. No. 15 Washington State | W 21–0 | 18,000 | [12] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1942 Texas A&M Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "L.S.U. downs Texas Aggies in upset". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. September 27, 1942. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Once-beaten Aggies smash back, down Tech by 19–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 4, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Once-Proud Texas Aggies Humbled By Corpus Christi Comets 18 to 7". Valley Evening Monitor. October 11, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TCU smashes Ags, 7 to 2". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 18, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bears outfight Aggies, 6–0". The Paris News. October 25, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Aggies wallop Hogs, win 41 to 0". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 1, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies nose out Mustangs, 27–20, in blistering sky battle". Austin American-Statesman. November 8, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Owls–Aggies battle to a 0–0 deadlock". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 15, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas prepares for Cotton tilt; Wins S.W. title". El Paso Herald-Post. November 27, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies roll over Cougars". The Pittsburgh Press. December 6, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas A&M Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Texas A&M University.
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