1942 Southern Illinois Maroons football team

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1942 Southern Illinois Maroons football
Conference Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record2–4 (1–3 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadium McAndrew Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1944  →
1942 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Illinois $ 3 –0 –15 –0 –2
Northern Illinois State 1 –0 –23 –2 –2
Illinois State Normal 2 –1 –12 –5 –1
Southern Illinois 1 –3 –02 –4 –0
Eastern Illinois 0 –3 –01 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1942 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1942 college football season. Under fourth-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 2–4 record. [1]

Southern Illinois was ranked at No. 505 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [2]

The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3 Cape Girardeau *
L 7–26
October 17at Western Illinois
L 0–26 [3]
October 24 Illinois State Normal
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 0–7
October 31at Northern Illinois State
L 0–34 [4]
November 7at Eastern Illinois
W 26–6
November 14 Tennessee Junior *
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 41–6
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 115. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  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. ↑ "Wesleyan Faces Millikin Eleven In Loop Feature". The Dispatch . Associated Press. October 19, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved November 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Huskies Prove Serious Competition for Loop Title". The Daily Chronicle . November 2, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved December 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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