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1942 Texas

9–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1942, game by game: won vs. Corpus Christi NAS 40–0; won vs. Kansas State 64–0; lost at Northwestern 0–3; won vs. Oklahoma 7–0; won at Arkansas 47–6; won at Rice 12–7; won vs. SMU 21–7; won vs. No. 16 Baylor 20–0; lost at TCU 7–13; won vs. Texas A&M 12–6; won vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech 14–7+64−6Won 40–0 vs. Corpus Christi NAS+40Corpus Christi …Won 64–0 vs. Kansas State+64Kansas StateLost 0–3 at Northwestern-3NorthwesternWon 7–0 vs. Oklahoma+7OklahomaWon 47–6 at Arkansas+41ArkansasWon 12–7 at Rice+5RiceWon 21–7 vs. SMU+14SMUWon 20–0 vs. No. 16 Baylor+20No. 16 BaylorLost 7–13 at TCU-6TCUWon 12–6 vs. Texas A&M+6Texas A&MWon 14–7 vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech+7No. 2 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsCorpus Christi NASW 40–⁠095%
Sep 26vsKansas StateW 64–⁠083%
Oct 3atNorthwesternL 0–⁠360%
Oct 10vsOklahomaW 7–⁠065%
Oct 17atArkansasW 47–⁠675%
Oct 24atRiceW 12–⁠763%
Oct 31vsSMUW 21–⁠780%
Nov 7vs16BaylorW 20–⁠074%
Nov 14atTCUL 7–⁠1365%
Nov 26vsTexas A&MW 12–⁠674%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs2Georgia TechCotton BowlW 14–⁠761%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 14–⁠7 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 14
  5. Wk 5: 8
  6. Wk 6: 14
  7. Wk 7: 18
  8. Final: 11

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.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 8
Points
244–⁠49
Coach
Dana Bible
Elo
1730 +64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.8 No. 20 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 5Roy McKay BGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Stan Mauldin OTChicago Cardinals

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First 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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas5–⁠19–⁠211
Rice4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
TCU4–⁠27–⁠3
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas A&M2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
SMU1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Arkansas0–⁠63–⁠7

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