The 1942 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as Texas State University) during the 1942 college football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). In their eighth year under head coach Joe Bailey Cheaney, the team compiled an overall record of 3–4–1 with a mark of 0–2–1 in conference play.
| 1942 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football | |
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| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Record | 3–4–1 (0–2–1 LSC) |
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| Home stadium | Evans Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas State $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Texas State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Southwest Texas was ranked at No. 302 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 25 | Howard Payne* |
| W 6–0 | [2] |
| October 2 | at Schreiner* | Kerrville, TX | L 0–28 | [3] |
| October 9 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| W 19–12 | [4] |
| October 17 | Randolph Field* |
| W 21–0 | [5] |
| October 24 | at Abilene Christian* | Abilene, TX | L 0–26 | [6] |
| October 30 | at North Texas State |
| L 6–10 | [7] |
| November 6 | East Texas State |
| T 7–7 | [8] |
| November 14 | Sam Houston State |
| L 20–23 | [9] |
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References
edit- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bobcats defeat Yellowjackets 6–0". Denton Record-Chronicle. September 26, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Schreiner beats Bobcats". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 3, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bobcats beat Southwestern". Austin American-Statesman. October 10, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southwest Bobcats blank Randolph Field Fliers, 21–0". Austin American-Statesman. October 18, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Abilene Christian beats Southwest's Wildcats 26 to 0". Longview News-Journal. October 25, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eagles come back to defeat San Marcos". Denton Record-Chronicle. October 31, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bobcats tie Lions, 7–7, after kick is blocked". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 7, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sam Houston edges Bobcats". The Austin American. November 15, 1942. Retrieved February 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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