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1942 Furman

3–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

Furman in 1942, game by game: lost vs. Virginia Tech 6–7; lost at Georgia 7–40; lost vs. Wake Forest 6–14; won at George Washington 6–0; lost at No. 17 Tennessee 7–52; lost at Miami 13–32; won vs. The Citadel 20–0; won at South Carolina 6–0; lost at Clemson 7–12+20−45Lost 6–7 vs. Virginia Tech-1Virginia TechLost 7–40 at Georgia-33GeorgiaLost 6–14 vs. Wake Forest-8Wake ForestWon 6–0 at George Washington+6George Washingt…Lost 7–52 at No. 17 Tennessee-45No. 17 TennesseeLost 13–32 at Miami-19MiamiWon 20–0 vs. The Citadel+20The CitadelWon 6–0 at South Carolina+6South CarolinaLost 7–12 at Clemson-5Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsVirginia TechL 6–⁠726%
Oct 3atGeorgiaL 7–⁠407%
Oct 10vsWake ForestL 6–⁠1421%
Oct 16atGeorge WashingtonW 6–⁠023%
Oct 24at17TennesseeL 7–⁠528%
Oct 31atMiamiL 13–⁠3231%
Nov 7vsThe CitadelW 20–⁠031%
Nov 14atSouth CarolinaW 6–⁠023%
Nov 21atClemsonL 7–⁠1221%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 12–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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
3–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
78–⁠157
Coach
—
Elo
1299 +66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.3 No. 71 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dewey Proctor

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 3Dewey Proctor BNew York Giants
Rd 4Ralph Hamer BDetroit Lions
Rd 7Paul Sizemore EDetroit Lions

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

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

1942 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
William & Mary4–⁠09–⁠1–⁠114
Virginia Tech5–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Duke3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
NC State3–⁠1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
The Citadel2–⁠25–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
VMI2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
George Washington2–⁠43–⁠6
Maryland1–⁠27–⁠2
South Carolina1–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond1–⁠53–⁠6–⁠1
Washington and Lee0–⁠41–⁠8

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