1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 7–14 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 5
Record	9–2 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach	William Alexander (23rd season)
Home stadium	Grant Field

1942 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1942 college football season. They won the first nine games of the season, before losing its final two games, including a loss in the 1943 Cotton Bowl to Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Auburn		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 15–0
October 3	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 13–6	20,545
October 10	Chattanooga*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 30–12
October 17	Davidson*	No. 6	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 33–0
October 24	at Navy*	No. 6	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 21–0
October 31	at Duke*	No. 5	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 26–7
November 7	Kentucky	No. 3	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 47–7
November 14	No. 5 Alabama	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 7–0	32,000
November 21	Florida	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 20–7
November 28	at No. 5 Georgia	No. 2	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 0–34
January 1	vs. No. 18 Texas*	No. 5	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 7–14	36,620
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game