1942 Massachusetts State Aggies football team

The 1942 Massachusetts State Aggies football team represented Massachusetts State College in the 1942 college football season. The team was coached by Walter Hargesheimer. Mass State finished the season with a record of 2–5.

1942 Massachusetts State Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams     7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State     6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College     8 2 0
Buffalo     6 2 0
Bucknell     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Duquesne     6 3 1
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 1
Penn     5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross     5 4 1
Dartmouth     5 4 0
Brown     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Vermont     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     3 3 0
Boston University     4 5 0
Cornell     3 5 1
Princeton     3 5 1
Temple     2 5 3
Columbia     3 6 0
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Tufts     2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall     1 4 2
Massachusetts State     2 5 0
Harvard     2 6 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Manhattan     2 6 0
CCNY     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Massachusetts State was ranked at No. 458 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1942 season was the team's last before disbanding during World War II.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Connecticut
L 0–26
October 10at VermontL 6–13[2]
October 17Rhode Island StateL 6–21
October 24Worcester Tech
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 18–6
October 31at Amherst
L 0–43
November 7Clarkson
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 13–9
November 14at Tufts
L 0–7

References

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  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. ^ "Cats eye Union club after first triumph". Burlington Daily News. October 12, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.