1942 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainAlan Cameron
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Delaware   –   8 – 0 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   4 – 0 – 0
Sewanee   –   1 – 0 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   7 – 2 – 0
Delaware State   –   3 – 1 – 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers   –   4 – 2 – 1
Chattanooga   –   7 – 4 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 4 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 4 – 0
Western Maryland   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tennessee Tech   –   3 – 4 – 2
Virginia   –   2 – 6 – 1

The 1942 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach John Whelchel, the Midshipmen compiled a 5–4 record, shut out five opponents and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 82 to 58.[1][2]

Navy was ranked at No. 32 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26William & Mary
L 0–310,000[4]
October 3Virginia
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
W 35–0
October 10vs. Princeton
L 0–1025,000[5]
October 17Yale
W 13–6
October 24No. 6 Georgia Tech
  • Thompson Stadium
  • Annapolis, MD
L 0–21
October 31vs. No. 4 Notre Dame
L 0–966,699
November 7at No. 9 Penn
W 7–0
November 14Columbia
W 13–925,000[6]
November 28Army
W 14–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Navy Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "William & Mary upsets Navy on field goals". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 27, 1942. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tigers Top Navy, 10-0; Frosh Stars". New York Daily News. October 11, 1942. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Daley, Arthur (November 15, 1942). "Navy Rally Downs Columbia, 13-9; Pass Sinks Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.


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