1942 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football team

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1942 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football
Conference Lone Star Conference
Record3–5 (1–2 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEagle Field
Seasons
  1941
1946  
1942 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East Texas State $ 2 0 14 3 1
Sam Houston State 2 1 05 3 0
North Texas State 1 2 03 5 0
Southwest Texas State 0 2 13 4 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1942 North Texas State Teachers Eagles football team was an American football team that represented the North Texas State Teachers College (now known as the University of North Texas) during the 1942 college football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference. In their 1st year under head coach Lloyd Russell, the team compiled a 3–5 record.

North Texas was ranked at No. 317 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Howard Payne *
L 0–14 [2]
September 26at SMU *L 6–277,000 [3]
October 3at Hardin–Simmons * Abilene, TX L 0–34 [4]
October 10 Camp Hood *
W 47–0 [5]
October 24at Sam Houston State L 20–213,000 [6]
October 30 Southwest Texas State
  • Eagle Field
  • Denton, TX
W 10–6 [7]
November 6 Austin *
W 32–12 [8]
November 13at East Texas State
L 7–16 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Howard Payne beats North Texas State". Tyler Morning Telegraph. September 19, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Southern Methodist unimpressive in 26–7 victory over North Texas". Austin American-Statesman. September 27, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Hardin–Simmons wins from North Texas". The Daily Oklahoman. October 4, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "North Texas wins over Camp Hood". The Brownsville Herald. October 11, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "North Texas fades before Sam Houston in last half, 21 to 20". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 25, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Eagles come back to defeat San Marcos". Denton Record-Chronicle. October 31, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "North Texas Eagles whip Kangaroos, 32–12". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 7, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "East Texas wins Lone Star crown". Austin American-Statesman. November 14, 1942. Retrieved November 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.