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1942 Florida

3–⁠7 (1–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Tom Lieb.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1942, game by game: lost at Jacksonville Naval Air Station 7–20; won vs. Randolph Macon 45–0; won at Tampa 26–6; won vs. Auburn 6–0; lost at Villanova 3–13; lost vs. No. 16 Mississippi State 12–26; lost vs. Maryland 0–13; lost vs. No. 1 Georgia 0–75; lost at Miami 0–12; lost at No. 2 Georgia Tech 7–20+45−75Lost 7–20 at Jacksonville Naval Air Station-13Jacksonville Na…Won 45–0 vs. Randolph Macon+45Randolph MaconWon 26–6 at Tampa+20TampaWon 6–0 vs. Auburn+6AuburnLost 3–13 at Villanova-10VillanovaLost 12–26 vs. No. 16 Mississippi State-14No. 16 Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–13 vs. Maryland-13MarylandLost 0–75 vs. No. 1 Georgia-75No. 1 GeorgiaLost 0–12 at Miami-12MiamiLost 7–20 at No. 2 Georgia Tech-13No. 2 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atJacksonville Naval Air StationL 7–⁠2037%
Sep 26vsRandolph MaconW 45–⁠088%
Oct 3atTampaW 26–⁠681%
Oct 10vsAuburnW 6–⁠047%
Oct 17atVillanovaL 3–⁠1346%
Oct 24vs16Mississippi StateL 12–⁠2634%
Oct 31vsMarylandL 0–⁠1358%
Nov 7vs1GeorgiaL 0–⁠7516%
Nov 14atMiamiL 0–⁠1251%
Nov 21at2Georgia TechL 7–⁠2012%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 20–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

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
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠3 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
106–⁠185
Coach
Tom Lieb
Elo
1368 −95 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.6 No. 60 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Corry and O’Neal Hill

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.