1942 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1942 Texas A&M Aggies football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Kyle Field
Seasons
←  1941
1943  →
1942 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Texas $ 5 –1 –09 –2 –0
Rice 4 –1 –17 –2 –1
TCU 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
Baylor 3 –2 –16 –4 –1
Texas A&M 2 –3 –14 –5 –1
SMU 1 –4 –13 –6 –2
Arkansas 0 –6 –03 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 1942 college football season.

Texas A&M was ranked at No. 37 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at LSU *
L 7–1625,000 [2]
October 3 Texas Tech *
W 19–010,000
October 10at Corpus Christi NAS * Corpus Christi, TX L 7–18 [3]
October 17No. 17 TCU
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
L 2–7
October 24at Baylor
L 0–6
October 31 Arkansas
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 41–0
November 7at SMU
W 27–20
November 14at Rice
T 0–0
November 26at No. 18 Texas
L 6–1243,000 [4]
December 5vs. No. 15 Washington State
W 21–018,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5]

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. ↑ "L.S.U. downs Texas Aggies in upset". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. September 27, 1942. Retrieved October 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Once-Proud Texas Aggies Humbled By Corpus Christi Comets 18 to 7". Valley Evening Monitor. October 11, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Texas prepares for Cotton tilt; Wins S.W. title". El Paso Herald-Post. November 27, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Texas A&M Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Texas A&M University.
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