1942 Missouri Valley Vikings football team

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1942 Missouri Valley Vikings football
MCAU champion
Conference Missouri College Athletic Union
Record9–0 (4–0 MCAU)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1941
1946  →
1942 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri Valley $ 4 –0 –09 –0 –0
William Jewell 2 –1 –04 –3 –1
Culver–Stockton 1 –1 –13 –3 –1
Central (MO) 0 –2 –14 –3 –1
Tarkio 0 –3 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1942 Missouri Valley Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Missouri Valley College as a member of the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) during the 1942 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Volney Ashford, the Vikings compiled a perfect 9–0 record (4–0 against MCAU teams), won the MCAU championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 391 to 59. [1]

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Missouri Valley was ranked at No. 117 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [2]

The season was part of a 41-game winning streak (1941–1942, 1946–1948) that still ranks as the fifth longest in college football history. [note 1] Coach Ashford, who led the team during the streak, was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Kemper Military School * Marshall, MO W 53–6
October 2 Central Missouri State *Marshall, MOW 31–14
October 9 Culver–Stockton Marshall, MOW 39–7
October 16at William Jewell Liberty, MO W 59–0
October 30 Central (MO) Marshall, MOW 55–13
November 6 Tarkio Marshall, MOW 33–0
November 11at Chillicothe Business School* Chillicothe, MO (Armistice Day)W 26–12
November 148:00 p.m.at Rockhurst *
W 33–7 [4] [5]
November 26Central (MO)*Marshall, MOW 62–0 [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ The United States Navy took over the Missouri Valley College during World War II. While the Navy fielded V-12 Navy College Training Program football teams under the Missouri Valley name in 1943 and 1944, the V-12 teams played with different coaches and players, and are not counted as part of the Missouri Valley Vikings football program's record.

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References

  1. ↑ 1942 - Missouri Valley. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  2. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Volney Ashford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tough Hawk Goal". Kansas City Times . Kansas City, Missouri. November 14, 1942. p. 19. Retrieved June 1, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "End In Victory". The Kansas City Star . Kansas City, Missouri. November 15, 1942. p. 2B. Retrieved June 1, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. ↑ "Vikings Win, 62-0; End Perfect Season". St. Louis Globe-Democrat . St. Louis, Missouri. Associated Press. November 27, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved June 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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