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1942 Army

6–⁠3, coached by Red Blaik.

Schedule and results

Army in 1942, game by game: won vs. Lafayette 14–0; won vs. Cornell 28–8; won at Columbia 34–6; won at Harvard 14–0; lost at No. 14 Pennsylvania 0–19; lost vs. No. 4 Notre Dame 0–13; won vs. Virginia Tech 19–7; won vs. Princeton 40–7; lost at Navy 0–14+33−19Won 14–0 vs. Lafayette+14LafayetteWon 28–8 vs. Cornell+20CornellWon 34–6 at Columbia+28ColumbiaWon 14–0 at Harvard+14HarvardLost 0–19 at No. 14 Pennsylvania-19No. 14 PennsylvaniaLost 0–13 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame-13No. 4 Notre DameWon 19–7 vs. Virginia Tech+12Virginia TechWon 40–7 vs. Princeton+33PrincetonLost 0–14 at Navy-14Navy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsLafayetteW 14–⁠081%
Oct 10vsCornellW 28–⁠866%
Oct 17atColumbiaW 34–⁠648%
Oct 24atHarvardW 14–⁠055%
Oct 31at14PennsylvaniaL 0–⁠1936%
Nov 7vs4Notre DameL 0–⁠1332%
Nov 14vsVirginia TechW 19–⁠761%
Nov 21vsPrincetonW 40–⁠776%
Nov 28atNavyL 0–⁠1443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Navy 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1942.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
149–⁠74
Coach
Red Blaik
Elo
1542 +64 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
10.0 No. 26 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Henry Mazur