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1942 Tulane

4–⁠5 (1–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Claude Simons.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1942, game by game: won at USC 27–13; lost vs. Auburn 13–27; won vs. Rice 18–7; lost at No. 2 Georgia 0–40; won vs. No. 19 North Carolina 29–14; won vs. Vanderbilt 28–21; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–7; lost vs. Georgia Pre-Flight 0–7; lost at LSU 6–18+15−40Won 27–13 at USC+14USCLost 13–27 vs. Auburn-14AuburnWon 18–7 vs. Rice+11RiceLost 0–40 at No. 2 Georgia-40No. 2 GeorgiaWon 29–14 vs. No. 19 North Carolina+15No. 19 North CarolinaWon 28–21 vs. Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltLost 0–7 vs. Mississippi State-7Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–7 vs. Georgia Pre-Flight-7Georgia Pre-Fli…Lost 6–18 at LSU-12LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atUSCW 27–⁠1355%
Oct 3vsAuburnL 13–⁠2768%
Oct 10vsRiceW 18–⁠753%
Oct 17at2GeorgiaL 0–⁠4030%
Oct 24vs19North CarolinaW 29–⁠1458%
Oct 31vsVanderbiltW 28–⁠2162%
Nov 7vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠746%
Nov 14vsGeorgia Pre-FlightL 0–⁠752%
Nov 26atLSUL 6–⁠1836%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 18–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
4–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠4 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
121–⁠154
Coach
Claude Simons
Elo
1519 −33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.7 No. 25 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
James Ely and Walter McDonald

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 5Marty Comer EBrooklyn Dodgers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Walter McDonaldRBAP-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

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.