1942 Denver Pioneers football team

1942 Denver Pioneers football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–2–1 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHilltop Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado + 5 1 0 7 2 0
Utah + 5 1 0 6 3 0
Denver 3 2 1 6 3 1
Utah State 2 3 1 6 3 1
Colorado A&M 2 3 0 4 3 0
BYU 1 4 0 2 5 0
Wyoming 1 5 0 3 5 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Ellison Ketchum, the Pioneers compiled a 6–3–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished third in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 182 to 98.[1]

Denver was ranked at No. 104 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

  1. ^ "1942 Denver Pioneers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  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.