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1942 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainEdward Kast
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons← 19411943 →
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

The 1942 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Indians compiled a 5–4 record. Edward Kast was the team captain.

Tom Douglas was the team's leading scorer, with 42 points (seven touchdowns).

Dartmouth was ranked at No. 53 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 at Holy Cross W 17–6 25,000
October 3 Miami (OH)
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 58–7
October 10 Colgate
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 19–27 10,000
October 17 at Harvard W 14–2 26,000
October 24 at Yale L 7–17 22,000
October 31 No. 18 William & Mary
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 14–35 7,000
November 7 at Princeton W 19–7 16,000
November 14 vs. Cornell L 19–21 13,000
November 21 at Columbia W 26–13 10,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Childs, Kingsley (September 27, 1942). "Dartmouth Sinks Holy Cross, 17-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  5. Childs, Kingsley (October 11, 1942). "Colgate Defeats Dartmouth, 27-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Kelley, Robert F. (October 18, 1942). "Harvard Set Back by Dartmouth, 41-2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Danzig, Allison (October 25, 1942). "Yale Tops Dartmouth, 17-7; Freshmen Aid Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. "W. and M. Downs Dartmouth, 35-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 1, 1942. p. S3.
  9. Kelley, Robert F. (November 8, 1942). "Wolfe Excels as Indians Triumph over Princeton". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Richardson, William D. (November 15, 1942). "Cornell Conquers Dartmouth, 21-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. Richardson, William D. (November 22, 1942). "Dartmouth Defeats Columbia, 26-13; Indians Trip Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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