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1942 Montana

0–⁠8 (0–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference).

Schedule and results

Montana in 1942, game by game: lost vs. BYU 6–12; lost vs. Mather Field 13–19; lost at Washington State 16–68; lost at Washington 0–35; lost vs. Idaho 0–21; lost at Oregon State 0–33; lost at California 0–13; lost at USC 0–38+7−52Lost 6–12 vs. BYU-6BYULost 13–19 vs. Mather Field-6Mather FieldLost 16–68 at Washington State-52Washington StateLost 0–35 at Washington-35WashingtonLost 0–21 vs. Idaho-21IdahoLost 0–33 at Oregon State-33Oregon StateLost 0–13 at California-13CaliforniaLost 0–38 at USC-38USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsBYUL 6–⁠1238%
Oct 3vsMather FieldL 13–⁠1963%
Oct 10atWashington StateL 16–⁠6812%
Oct 17atWashingtonL 0–⁠3512%
Oct 31vsIdahoL 0–⁠2161%
Nov 7atOregon StateL 0–⁠3314%
Nov 14atCaliforniaL 0–⁠1313%
Dec 5atUSCL 0–⁠3813%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 38–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
0–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠6 10th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
35–⁠239
Coach
—
Elo
1212 −118 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−28.9 No. 118 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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