1942 Williams Ephs football team

1942 Williams Ephs football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1
Head coach	Charlie Caldwell (15th season)
Home stadium	Weston Field

1942 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	3	–	0
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	3
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	6	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Manhattan			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Williams Ephs football team represented the Williams College as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In Charlie Caldwell's 15th and final year at Williams, the Ephs compiled a 7–1 record, shutting out three teams, and outscored opponents 256 to 46. After winning their first seven contests, the Ephs made a quick appearance on the AP Poll for the first and only time in program history. Williams lost the last game of the season against rival Amherst and fell from the rankings.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 26	Middlebury		Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 41–0
October 3	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 19–7
October 10	Clarkson		Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 52–0
October 17	at Bowdoin		Whittier Field Brunswick, ME	W 19–0
October 24	Tufts		Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 47–6
October 31	at Union (NY)		Alexander Field Schenectady, NY	W 41–15
November 7	Wesleyan		Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 31–6
November 14	at Amherst	No. 20	Pratt Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 6–12
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game