1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record	3–4 (2–1 LIC)
Head coach	Louis Whitman (1st season)
Home stadium	McNaspy Stadium
Seasons← 1941 1943 →

1942 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Louisiana Normal $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	2	–	1	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Louisiana Tech	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Louis Whitman, the team compiled a 3–4 record.

Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 153 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	at Alabama*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	L 0–54
October 9	Southeastern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 35–13
October 16	Ouachita College*	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	L 0–6
October 23	Camp Beauregard*	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 62–0
October 30	Louisiana Tech	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	W 12–7
October 21	Louisiana Normal	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	L 6–11
November 21	at Sam Houston State*	Pritchett Field Huntsville, TX	L 0–7
*Non-conference game

References

"2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
"Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1943. pp. 129–138. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
"S.L.I. defeats Louisiana Tech by score 12 to 7". The Daily Advertiser. October 31, 1942. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Sam Houston edges Louisiana team, 7–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 22, 1942. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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