1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Henry Frnka, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 10–0 record (5–0 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents) in the regular season before losing to Tennessee in the 1943 Sugar Bowl. The team was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll.[1] Quarterback Glenn Dobbs was selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, International News Service, Newspaper Enterprise Association, and Newsweek magazine and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
| 1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football | |
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MVC champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Tennessee | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 4 |
| 1942 record | 10–1 (5–0 MVC) |
| Head coach | Henry Frnka (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Skelly Field |
| 1942 Missouri Valley Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Tulsa $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | ||
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| September 27 | Waco Army Air Field |
| W 84–0 | |||
| October 3 | Oklahoma |
| W 23–0 | |||
| October 11 | Randolph Field |
| W 68–0 | |||
| October 17 | Washington University |
| W 40–0 | |||
| October 23 | at Saint Louis | St. Louis | W 41–0 | |||
| October 30 | at Drake | No. 15 |
| W 40–0 | ||
| November 7 | Oklahoma A&M | No. 12 |
| W 34–6 | ||
| November 14 | Baylor | No. 9 |
| W 24–0 | ||
| November 21 | at Creighton | No. 6 | Omaha, NE | W 33–19 | ||
| November 26 | Arkansas | No. 6 |
| W 40–7 | ||
| January 1, 1943 | vs. No. 10 Tennessee | No. 4 | L 7–14 | |||
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Rankings
The AP released their first poll on October 12. The Golden Hurricane made their first appearance as a ranked team on October 26.
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final | ||||||||||||
| AP | Not released | NR | NR | 15 T | 12 | 9 (1) | 6 (2) | 6 (1) | 4 (4) | ||||||||||||
References
- "1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2016.