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Deutsch1942 Arizona Wildcats football team
| 1942 Arizona Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (4–2 Border) |
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| Captain | Murl M. McCain Jr. |
| Home stadium | Arizona Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Mines | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Casteel, the Wildcats compiled a 6–4 record (4–2 against Border opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored their opponents, 189 to 139. The team captain was Murl M. McCain, Jr.[1][2]
Arizona was ranked at No. 98 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]
The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | New Mexico A&M | W 53–0 | |||||
| October 3 | Utah* |
| W 14–0 | ||||
| October 10 | at Arizona State | W 23–0 | |||||
| October 17 | Oklahoma A&M* |
| W 20–6 | ||||
| October 24 | at Marquette* | L 0–39 | 18,000 | [4] | |||
| October 31 | Hardin–Simmons |
| L 26–34 | 7,500 | [5] | ||
| November 7 | New Mexico |
| W 14–13 | ||||
| November 21 | at Texas Mines | W 19–7 | |||||
| November 26 | Texas Tech |
| L 7–13 | 8,000 | |||
| December 5 | Second Air Force* |
| L 13–27 | > 7,500 | [6] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1942 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. p. 105. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Red Thisted (October 25, 1942). "Cats Routed By Marquette, 39-0: John Stryzkalski Leads Avalanche in Free Scoring Tilt". The Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mott, Harvey K. (November 2, 1942). "Mobley Paces Texans To Lead League". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. p. 8. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ "Military Team Beats Arizona By 27-13 Score". The Arizona Daily Star. December 6, 1942. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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