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1942 Auburn Tigers football team

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1942 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record6–4–1 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1941
1944 →
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 1 0 11 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 0 9 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 0 9 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 0 8 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 0 8 3 0
LSU 3 2 0 7 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 0 6 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 3 0 3 7 0
Tulane 1 4 0 4 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 0 3 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1942 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his ninth season and finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Chattanooga*W 20–7[1]
September 26at Georgia TechL 0–15
October 3at TulaneW 27–1330,000[2]
October 10at FloridaL 0–6
October 16at Georgetown*T 6–6
October 23Villanova*
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, Alabama
W 14–6
October 31Mississippi StateL 0–6
November 7vs. Georgia Pre-Flight*L 14–41
November 14LSU
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, Alabama (rivalry)
W 25–7
November 21vs. 1 Georgia
W 27–1322,000[3]
November 28Clemson*No. 16W 41–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1942 Auburn football schedule[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Auburn drives to 20 to 7 triumph over Chattanooga before 8,000 fans". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 19, 1942. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Auburn stops Wave attack, wins 27 to 13". The Atlanta Constitution. October 4, 1942. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Jack Troy (November 22, 1942). "Auburn Upsets Georgia, 27 to 13: Tigers Topple Bulldogs With Ground Game; Attack Led by Gafford, Reynolds Piles Up 355 Yards". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1942". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  5. ^ "1942 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.