1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer team

US collegiate soccer team

1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer

ISFA National co-champions (ASHA)
Conference	Independent
Record	5–0–2
Head coach	Richard Schmelzer (12th season)
Assistant coach	William Gailey (5th season)
Home stadium	Anderson Field
Seasons← 1941 1943 →

The 1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer team represented the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during the 1942 ISFA season. The team finished with a 5–0–2 record, their first undefeated season since 1922.

Due to World War II, the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA) and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) did not award a formal champion. The 1942 Engineers team was retroactively named the national soccer co-champion by the American Soccer History Archives, along with Princeton, Springfield, and UMass.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
Matches
October 3*	at Hamilton	W 6–0	1–0–0	Love Field Clinton, NY
October 10*	at Stevens Tech	W 2–1	2–0–0	St. George Cricket Grounds Staten Island, NY
October 17*	at Williams (MA)	W 4–0	3–0–0	Weston Field Williamstown, MA
October 24*	Colgate	W 4–0	4–0–0	Anderson Field Troy, NY
October 31*	Springfield (MA)	T 2–2	4–0–1	Anderson Field Troy, NY
November 7*	at WPI	W 1–0	5–0–1	WPI Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA
November 14*	UMass	T 1–1	5–0–2	Anderson Field Troy, NY
*Non-conference game. Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"1942 Men's Soccer Schedule". rpiathletics.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
"Men's Soccer Year-by-Year". rpiathletics.com. October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
"New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, May 1, 1908, Image 5". New-York tribune. May 1, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
Litterer, David (August 14, 2011). "NCAA College Soccer Championships: College Champions, 1904-1958". American Soccer History Archives. soccerhistoryusa.org. Retrieved September 30, 2022.

v t e Men's college soccer national champions (pre-NCAA era)
Pre-regulation (1857–1904)	1858: Princeton (ASHA) 1859: Princeton (ASHA) 1860: Princeton (ASHA) 1861–66: None 1867: Carroll (ASHA, IFRA) 1868: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1869: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1870: Princeton (ASHA) / Rutgers (IFRA) 1871: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1872: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1873: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1874: Stevens Tech (ASHA, IFRA) 1875: Yale (ASHA, IFRA) 1876: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1877: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1878: Vermont (ASHA, IFRA) 1879: SUNY-Upstate (ASHA, IFRA) 1880: Gettysburg (ASHA, IFRA) 1881: Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA) 1882: Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA) 1883: Richmond (ASHA, IFRA) 1884: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1885: VMI (ASHA, IFRA) 1886: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1887: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1888: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1889: VMI (ASHA, IFRA) 1890: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1891: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1892: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1893: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1894: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / St. Bonaventure (IFRA) 1895: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / Princeton (IFRA) 1896: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1897: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1898: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1899: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1900: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1901: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1902: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / Haverford (IFRA) 1903: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1904: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
ISFL (1905–1926)	1905: Christian Brothers / Haverford 1906: Haverford 1907: Haverford 1908: Haverford / Yale 1909: Columbia 1910: Columbia 1911: Haverford 1912: Yale 1913: Harvard Spring 1914: Harvard Fall 1914: Penn 1915: Haverford 1916: Penn 1917: None awarded 1918: Haverford 1919: Penn 1920: Penn 1921: Princeton 1922: Princeton 1923: Penn 1924: Penn 1925: Princeton 1926: Haverford / Princeton / Penn State
ISFA (1927–1958)	1927: Princeton 1928: Yale 1929: Penn State 1930: Harvard / Penn / Yale 1931: Penn 1932: Penn / Navy 1933: Penn / Penn State 1934: Cornell 1935: Yale 1936: Penn State / Princeton / Syracuse / West Chester 1937: Penn State / Princeton / Springfield 1938: Penn State 1939: Penn State 1940: Penn State / Princeton 1941: Springfield (ASHA) / Rider (ASHA) / Temple (ASHA, NSCAA) / UMass (NSCAA) 1942: Princeton / RPI / Springfield / UMass 1943: RPI / Navy 1944: Navy 1945: Yale (ASHA) / Haverford (ASHA) / Army (NSCAA) / Navy (NSCAA) 1946: Springfield 1947: Maryland (NSCAA) / Springfield (ASHA, ISFA) 1948: Connecticut 1949: San Francisco (SB) / Penn State (SB) 1950: Penn State (SB) / West Chester (ASHA, NSCAA) 1951: Temple (ASHA, SB, NSCAA) / Franklin & Marshall (ISFA) 1952: Franklin & Marshall 1953: Temple 1954: Penn State 1955: Penn State 1956: Trinity 1957: CCNY / Springfield 1958: Drexel
ASHA: American Soccer History Archives IFRA: Intercollegiate Football Record Association ISFA: Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association ISFL: Intercollegiate Soccer Football League NSCAA: National Soccer Coaches Association of America SB: Soccer Bowl

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