1942 Texas A&M Aggies football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record4–5–1 (2–3–1 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumKyle Field
1942 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Texas $ 5 1 09 2 0
Rice 4 1 17 2 1
TCU 4 2 07 3 0
Baylor 3 2 16 4 1
Texas A&M 2 3 14 5 1
SMU 1 4 13 6 2
Arkansas 0 6 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 1942 college football season.

Texas A&M was ranked at No. 37 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at LSU*L 7–1625,000[2]
October 3Texas Tech*W 19–010,000
October 10at Corpus Christi NAS*Corpus Christi, TXL 7–18[3]
October 17No. 17 TCU
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
L 2–7
October 24at BaylorL 0–6
October 31Arkansas
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 41–0
November 7at SMUW 27–20
November 14at RiceT 0–0
November 26at No. 18 TexasL 6–1243,000[4]
December 5vs. No. 15 Washington StateW 21–018,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "L.S.U. downs Texas Aggies in upset". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. September 27, 1942. Retrieved October 1, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Once-Proud Texas Aggies Humbled By Corpus Christi Comets 18 to 7". Valley Evening Monitor. October 11, 1942. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Texas prepares for Cotton tilt; Wins S.W. title". El Paso Herald-Post. November 27, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Texas A&M Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Texas A&M University.


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