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1942 Auburn

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jack Meagher, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1942, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 20–7; lost at Georgia Tech 0–15; won at Tulane 27–13; lost at Florida 0–6; tied at Georgetown 6–6; won vs. Villanova 14–6; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–6; lost vs. Georgia Pre-Flight 14–41; won vs. LSU 25–7; won vs. No. 1 Georgia 27–13; won vs. Clemson 41–13+28−27Won 20–7 vs. Chattanooga+13ChattanoogaLost 0–15 at Georgia Tech-15Georgia TechWon 27–13 at Tulane+14TulaneLost 0–6 at Florida-6FloridaTied 6–6 at Georgetown0GeorgetownWon 14–6 vs. Villanova+8VillanovaLost 0–6 vs. Mississippi State-6Mississippi Sta…Lost 14–41 vs. Georgia Pre-Flight-27Georgia Pre-Fli…Won 25–7 vs. LSU+18LSUWon 27–13 vs. No. 1 Georgia+14No. 1 GeorgiaWon 41–13 vs. Clemson+28Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsChattanoogaW 20–⁠792%
Sep 26atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠1552%
Oct 3atTulaneW 27–⁠1332%
Oct 10atFloridaL 0–⁠653%
Oct 17atGeorgetownT 6–⁠646%
Oct 23vsVillanovaW 14–⁠664%
Oct 31vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠642%
Nov 7vsGeorgia Pre-FlightL 14–⁠4142%
Nov 14vsLSUW 25–⁠740%
Nov 21vs1GeorgiaW 27–⁠1325%
Nov 28vsClemsonW 41–⁠1369%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 41–⁠13; No. 16 in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 16
  2. Final: 16

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
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 16
Points
174–⁠133
Coach
Jack Meagher
Elo
1592 +66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.1 No. 19 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 3Roy Gafford BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Jim Reynolds BNew York Giants

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Monk GaffordRBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • J.H. McClurkinOTUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠111–⁠12
Tennessee4–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Georgia Tech4–⁠19–⁠25
Mississippi State5–⁠28–⁠218
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠310
LSU3–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠116
Vanderbilt2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠33–⁠7
Tulane1–⁠44–⁠5
Kentucky0–⁠53–⁠6–⁠1
Ole Miss0–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.