1942 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1942 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record3–6 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainRoyal Lohry
Home stadiumClyde Williams Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri $ 4 0 1 8 3 1
Oklahoma 3 1 1 3 5 2
Nebraska 3 2 0 3 7 0
Kansas State 2 3 0 3 8 0
Iowa State 1 4 0 3 6 0
Kansas 1 4 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1942 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1942 college football season. Under head coaches Ray Donels (first three games) and Mike Michalske (final six games), the Cyclones compiled a 3–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents), tied for last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 177 to 94.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.

Royal Lohry was the team captain.[2] Back Paul Darling was selected as a first-team all-conference player.[3]

Iowa State was ranked at No. 128 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[4]

  1. ^ "1942 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 137.
  3. ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 74.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.