1942 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1942 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Home stadiumFrazer Field, Wilmington Park
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal (Grambling)     9 0 0
Delaware     8 0 0
Mississippi Southern     4 0 0
Sewanee     1 0 0
Miami (FL)     7 2 0
Delaware State     3 1 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     4 2 1
Chattanooga     7 4 0
Georgetown     5 3 1
Navy     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 0
Western Maryland     4 4 1
Tennessee Tech     3 4 2
Virginia     2 6 1
Roanoke     1 5 1

The 1942 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach William D. Murray, the team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 196 to 28.[1]

Delaware was ranked at No. 112 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

  1. ^ "2012 Blue Hens Football Media Guide". University of Delaware. 2012. p. 156. Retrieved May 30, 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.