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1942 Washington and Lee

1–⁠8 (0–⁠4 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

Washington and Lee in 1942, game by game: lost vs. West Virginia 7–21; lost at Kentucky 0–53; lost at Rollins 0–46; won vs. Hampden Sydney 20–13; lost vs. Virginia Tech 6–19; lost at Richmond 6–8; lost vs. Virginia 7–34; lost at Davidson 13–21; lost at Maryland 28–32+7−53Lost 7–21 vs. West Virginia-14West VirginiaLost 0–53 at Kentucky-53KentuckyLost 0–46 at Rollins-46RollinsWon 20–13 vs. Hampden Sydney+7Hampden SydneyLost 6–19 vs. Virginia Tech-13Virginia TechLost 6–8 at Richmond-2RichmondLost 7–34 vs. Virginia-27VirginiaLost 13–21 at Davidson-8DavidsonLost 28–32 at Maryland-4Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsWest VirginiaL 7–⁠2143%
Oct 3atKentuckyL 0–⁠5326%
Oct 10atRollinsL 0–⁠4658%
Oct 17vsHampden SydneyW 20–⁠1367%
Oct 24vsVirginia TechL 6–⁠1929%
Oct 31atRichmondL 6–⁠859%
Nov 7vsVirginiaL 7–⁠3437%
Nov 14atDavidsonL 13–⁠2133%
Nov 21atMarylandL 28–⁠3219%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 32–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 16th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠4 16th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
87–⁠247
Coach
—
Elo
1245 −146 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.7 No. 109 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1942 Southern Conference standings

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.