1942 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1942 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (14th season)
Captain	Warren Anderson
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic 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 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its 14th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 172 to 104. Warren Anderson was the team captain. The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 26	St. Lawrence		Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 49–0
October 3	at Cornell		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 18–6
October 10	at Dartmouth		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 27–19
October 17	Duke	No. 9	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	L 0–34
October 24	at Penn State		New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 10–13
October 31	at Holy Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 6–6
November 7	at Columbia		Baker Field New York, NY	W 35–26
November 14	at Syracuse		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 14–0
November 21	at Brown		Andrews Field Providence, Rhode Island	W 13–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game