1942 Arizona State Bulldogs football team

1942 Arizona State Bulldogs football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record2–8 (2–5 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumGoodwin Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hardin–Simmons + 4 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
Texas Tech + 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
West Texas State 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Arizona 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Texas Mines 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
New Mexico 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 2
Arizona State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
New Mexico A&M 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Arizona State Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State Teachers College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach Hilman Walker, the Bulldogs compiled a 2–8 record (2–5 against Border opponents) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 256 to 53.[1][2]

Arizona State was ranked at No. 375 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at San Francisco*
L 6–5412,000[4]
October 3at West Texas State
L 0–28
October 10Arizona
L 0–23
October 17New Mexico A&M
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 20–0
October 24at Hardin–Simmons
L 0–21
October 31Santa Ana Field*
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 0–40
November 14at Texas Mines
L 6–40
November 21Albuquerque AAB*
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 0–12[5][6]
November 28at New Mexico
L 7–35
December 5at Arizona State–Flagstaff
W 14–2
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1942 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 120. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  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. ^ Harry Borba (September 28, 1942). "Too Easy! Dons Rout Arizona State, 54-6: Varsity Plays Only 10 Minutes, But USF Rolls Up Record Score". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Flying Kellys Trip Tempe Eleven, 12-0". Arizona Daily Star. November 22, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kellys Trounce Tempe, 12 to 0". Albuquerque Journal. November 22, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.


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