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1942 VMI

3–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

VMI in 1942, game by game: tied at Clemson 0–0; lost at Temple 6–7; won at Virginia 38–18; won vs. Maryland 29–0; won at Richmond 20–6; lost vs. Davidson 6–24; lost at Wake Forest 0–28; lost vs. No. 15 William & Mary 6–27; lost vs. Virginia Tech 6–20+29−28Tied 0–0 at Clemson0ClemsonLost 6–7 at Temple-1TempleWon 38–18 at Virginia+20VirginiaWon 29–0 vs. Maryland+29MarylandWon 20–6 at Richmond+14RichmondLost 6–24 vs. Davidson-18DavidsonLost 0–28 at Wake Forest-28Wake ForestLost 6–27 vs. No. 15 William & Mary-21No. 15 William & MaryLost 6–20 vs. Virginia Tech-14Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atClemsonT 0–⁠015%
Oct 3atTempleL 6–⁠722%
Oct 10atVirginiaW 38–⁠1818%
Oct 17vsMarylandW 29–⁠058%
Oct 24atRichmondW 20–⁠673%
Oct 31vsDavidsonL 6–⁠2476%
Nov 7atWake ForestL 0–⁠2824%
Nov 14vs15William & MaryL 6–⁠2719%
Nov 26vsVirginia TechL 6–⁠2033%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 20–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 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
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 tied for 10th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
111–⁠130
Coach
—
Elo
1348 +11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.6 No. 82 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 1Joe Muha FBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Julius MintonOGAP-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 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.