1942 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

1942 Saint Mary's Gaels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Emeryville Ball Park
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 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach James Phelan, the Gaels compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 135 to 46.[1]

Halfbacks Joe Verutti and John Podesto led the 1942 Gaels on offense.

Saint Mary's was ranked at No. 67 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

  1. ^ "1942 Saint Mary's (CA) Gaels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  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.