1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTom Farmer
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 3 Wisconsin 4 1 0 8 1 1
No. 9 Michigan 3 2 0 7 3 0
Illinois 3 2 0 6 4 0
Iowa 3 3 0 6 4 0
No. 19 Minnesota 3 3 0 5 4 0
Indiana 2 2 0 7 3 0
Purdue 1 4 0 1 8 0
Northwestern 0 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Eddie Anderson's last season during his first stint as head coach for the Hawkeyes, before taking time off to serve in World War II.

Iowa was ranked at No. 26 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.