1942 Maine Black Bears football team

1942 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceNew England Conference, Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–4 (0–2 New England, 2–1 MIAA)
Head coach
CaptainRay Neal, Robert Nutter
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 3 0 0 6 0 0
Connecticut + 2 0 0 6 2 0
Northeastern 0 1 0 0 5 1
Rhode Island State 0 2 0 3 3 0
Maine 0 2 0 2 4 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the New England Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach William C. Kenyon, the team compiled a 2–4 record (0–2 against New England conference and 2–1 against MIAA opponents). The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Ray Neal and Robert Nutter were the team captains.[1]

Maine was ranked at No. 278 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.