1942 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team

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1942 New Mexico A&M Aggies football
Conference Border Conference
Record1–8 (0–6 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Quesenberry Field
Seasons
  1941
1943  
1942 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Hardin–Simmons + 4 0 19 1 1
Texas Tech + 3 0 14 5 1
West Texas State 5 2 07 2 0
Arizona 4 2 06 4 0
Texas Mines 4 3 05 4 0
New Mexico 3 4 04 5 2
Arizona State 2 5 02 8 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 4 01 5 0
New Mexico A&M 0 6 01 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1942 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its third and final year under head coach Julius H. Johnston, the team compiled a 1–8 record (0–6 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 223 to 33. [1] [2] The team played home games at Quesenberry Field in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

New Mexico A&M was ranked No. 486 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 19 Western New Mexico *W 27–6
September 26at Arizona L 0–53
October 3 McMurry *
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 0–12
October 10at New Mexico L 0–32
October 24at Arizona State L 0–20
October 31 West Texas State
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 0–23
November 11 Albuquerque AAB *
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 0–13 [4]
November 21 Arizona State–Flagstaff Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM
L 0–3
November 262:30 p.m.at Texas Mines *L 6–61 [5]

References

  1. "New Mexico State Football 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). New Mexico State University. 2018. p. 72. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  2. "1942 New Mexico State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 27, 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. "Flying Kellys Beat Aggies, 13-0". Albuquerque Journal. November 12, 1942. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Miners Meet N. M. Aggies In Traditional Turkey Day Clash". El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. November 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .