1942 George Washington Colonials football team

1942 George Washington Colonials football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–6 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumGriffith Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 William & Mary $ 4 0 0 9 1 1
VPI 5 1 0 7 2 1
Wake Forest 6 1 1 6 2 1
North Carolina 3 1 1 5 2 2
Duke 3 1 1 5 4 1
NC State 3 1 2 4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0 3 6 0
The Citadel 2 2 0 5 2 0
Clemson 2 3 1 3 6 1
Davidson 2 4 1 2 6 1
VMI 2 4 1 3 5 1
George Washington 2 4 0 3 6 0
Maryland 1 2 0 7 2 0
South Carolina 1 4 0 1 7 1
Richmond 1 5 0 3 6 1
Washington and Lee 0 4 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 George Washington Colonials football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University in the Southern Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Johnny Baker, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–4 against conference opponents), finished in 12th place in the Southern Conference, and was outscored by a total of 149 to 62.[1]

George Washington was ranked at No. 133 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

After the 1942 season, the school did not field another football team until 1946.

  1. ^ "1942 George Washington Colonials Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 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.