1942 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

1942 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record5–3 (2–1 LSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPritchett Field
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Texas State $ 2 0 1 4 3 1
Sam Houston State 2 1 0 5 3 0
North Texas State 1 2 0 3 5 0
Southwest Texas State 0 2 1 3 4 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1942 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State Teachers College (now known as Sam Houston State University) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1942 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Puny Wilson, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, and finished second in the LSC.

Sam Houston was ranked at No. 388 (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.