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1942 William & Mary

9–⁠1–⁠1 (4–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Carl Voyles, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

William & Mary in 1942, game by game: won at Hampden Sydney 27–0; won at Navy 3–0; won at Virginia Tech 21–7; tied at Harvard 7–7; won vs. George Washington 61–0; won at Dartmouth 35–14; won vs. Randolph Macon 40–0; won vs. VMI 27–6; lost vs. North Carolina Pre-Flight 0–14; won at Richmond 10–0; won at Oklahoma 14–7+61−14Won 27–0 at Hampden Sydney+27Hampden SydneyWon 3–0 at Navy+3NavyWon 21–7 at Virginia Tech+14Virginia TechTied 7–7 at Harvard0HarvardWon 61–0 vs. George Washington+61George Washingt…Won 35–14 at Dartmouth+21DartmouthWon 40–0 vs. Randolph Macon+40Randolph MaconWon 27–6 vs. VMI+21VMILost 0–14 vs. North Carolina Pre-Flight-14North Carolina …Won 10–0 at Richmond+10RichmondWon 14–7 at Oklahoma+7Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atHampden SydneyW 27–⁠079%
Sep 26atNavyW 3–⁠035%
Oct 3atVirginia TechW 21–⁠755%
Oct 10atHarvardT 7–⁠758%
Oct 24vsGeorge WashingtonW 61–⁠085%
Oct 31atDartmouthW 35–⁠1457%
Nov 7vsRandolph MaconW 40–⁠095%
Nov 14vsVMIW 27–⁠681%
Nov 21vsNorth Carolina Pre-FlightL 0–⁠1455%
Nov 26atRichmondW 10–⁠087%
Nov 28atOklahomaW 14–⁠755%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma 14–⁠7; No. 14 in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 18
  2. Wk 4: 17
  3. Wk 5: 15
  4. Wk 6: 13
  5. Wk 7: 19
  6. Final: 14

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.

Southern Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference

Record
9–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 13
Points
245–⁠55
Coach
Carl Voyles
Elo
1634 +97 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.9 No. 28 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Marvin Bass

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 6Harvey Johnson BBrooklyn Dodgers

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Harold FieldsOTAP-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

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.