1942 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1942 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMackay Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Santa Clara     7 2 0
Portland     5 2 0
Idaho Southern Branch     4 2 0
Saint Mary's     6 3 1
San Francisco     6 4 0
Loyola (CA)     5 4 1
Nevada     4 3 1
Cal Poly     4 3 0
San Francisco State     0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.[1][2]

Marion Motley, who was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played for the Wolf Pack from 1941 to 1943.

Nevada was ranked at No. 155 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

  1. ^ "Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 133. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.