1942 Texas Longhorns football team

1942 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP No. 11
1942 record 9–2 (5–1 SWC)
Head coach Dana X. Bible (6th season)
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1942 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Texas $ 5 1 0  9 2 0
Rice 4 1 1  7 2 1
TCU 4 2 0  7 3 0
Baylor 3 2 1  6 4 1
Texas A&M 2 3 1  4 5 1
SMU 1 4 1  3 6 2
Arkansas 0 6 0  3 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1942 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 19 Corpus Christi NAS* War Memorial StadiumAustin, TX W 400  
September 26 Kansas State* War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 640  
October 3 at Northwestern* Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL L 03  
October 10 vs. Oklahoma* Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Shootout) W 70  
October 17 at Arkansas No. 20 Little Rock, AR (rivalry) W 476  
October 25 at Rice No. 15 Rice FieldHouston, TX (rivalry) W 127  
October 31 SMU No. 17 War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 217  
November 7 Baylor No. 14 War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 200  
November 14 at TCU No. 8 Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry) L 713  
November 26 Texas A&M No. 18 War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 126  
January 1, 1943 vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech* No. 11 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) W 147  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Awards and honors

  • Jack Freeman, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Roy McKay, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Stanley Mauldin, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.


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