1942 BYU Cougars football team

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1942 BYU Cougars football
Conference Mountain States Conference
Record2–5 (1–4 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBYU Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1946  →
1942 Mountain States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado + 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
Utah + 5 –1 –06 –3 –0
Denver 3 –2 –16 –3 –1
Utah State 2 –3 –16 –3 –1
Colorado A&M 2 –3 –04 –3 –0
BYU 1 –4 –02 –5 –0
Wyoming 1 –5 –03 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Floyd Millet, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 2–5 with a mark of 1–4 against conference opponents, tied for sixth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 133 to 55. [1] [2]

BYU was ranked at No. 193 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Montana *
W 12–6
October 2 Wyoming Provo, UT L 13–6
October 10at Utah
W 12–7
October 16 Fort Douglas *Provo, UTL 24–133,000 [4] [5]
October 31 Utah State
L 9–6
November 7 Denver Provo, UTL 26–6 [6]
November 14at Colorado
W 48–0
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "1942 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cougars take Lead then Falter". Deseret News. October 17, 1942. p. 15. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Fort Douglas Triumphs Over Cougars". The Herald-Journal. October 17, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Pioneers whip Cougars 26-6". The Daily Herald. November 8, 1942. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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