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Border co-champion | |
Sun Bowl, L 6â13 vs.
Second Air Force | |
Conference | Border Conference |
Record | 9â1â1 (4â0â1 Border) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | HardinâSimmons Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HardinâSimmons + | 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 StateâFlagstaff | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 HardinâSimmons Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented HardinâSimmons University in the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 9â1â1 record (4â0â1 against conference opponents), tied with Texas Tech for the conference championship, lost its only game to the Second Air Force Bombers in the 1943 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 254 to 71. [1] [2] [3]
Warren B. Woodson was in his second season as the team's head coach. Woodson went into the United States Navy at the end of the regular season, and assistant coach Clark Jarnagin took over as interim head coach for the Sun Bowl game.
Backs Rudy Mobley and Camp Wilson led the team on offense. Mobley led the country and set a new NCAA single-season record with 1,281 rushing yards in 10 regular season games. [4] [5]
HardinâSimmons was ranked at No. 56 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [6]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | at Baylor* | W 13â6 | ||||||
October 3 | North Texas State* |
| W 34â0 | [7] | ||||
October 10 | vs. SMU* | San Antonio, TX | W 7â6 | |||||
October 17 | Arizona State | W forfeit | ||||||
October 24 | Texas Mines |
| W 39â7 | |||||
October 31 | at Arizona | W 34â26 | 7,500 | [8] | ||||
November 7 | at West Texas State | Canyon, TX | W 40â0 | |||||
November 14 | Louisiana Tech* | No. 19 |
| W 47â13 | [9] | |||
November 21 | at Texas Tech | No. 17 | T 0â0 | 7,000 | [10] | |||
November 26 | at Howard Payne* | Brownwood, TX ( rivalry) | W 12â0 | 6,000 | [11] | |||
January 1, 1943 | vs. Second Air Force* | L 7â13 | 16,000 | [12] | ||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
AP | â | â | â | â | 19 | 17 | â | â |
1942 HardinâSimmons Cowboys football | |
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Border co-champion | |
Sun Bowl, L 6â13 vs.
Second Air Force | |
Conference | Border Conference |
Record | 9â1â1 (4â0â1 Border) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | HardinâSimmons Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HardinâSimmons + | 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 StateâFlagstaff | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 HardinâSimmons Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented HardinâSimmons University in the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 9â1â1 record (4â0â1 against conference opponents), tied with Texas Tech for the conference championship, lost its only game to the Second Air Force Bombers in the 1943 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 254 to 71. [1] [2] [3]
Warren B. Woodson was in his second season as the team's head coach. Woodson went into the United States Navy at the end of the regular season, and assistant coach Clark Jarnagin took over as interim head coach for the Sun Bowl game.
Backs Rudy Mobley and Camp Wilson led the team on offense. Mobley led the country and set a new NCAA single-season record with 1,281 rushing yards in 10 regular season games. [4] [5]
HardinâSimmons was ranked at No. 56 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [6]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | at Baylor* | W 13â6 | ||||||
October 3 | North Texas State* |
| W 34â0 | [7] | ||||
October 10 | vs. SMU* | San Antonio, TX | W 7â6 | |||||
October 17 | Arizona State | W forfeit | ||||||
October 24 | Texas Mines |
| W 39â7 | |||||
October 31 | at Arizona | W 34â26 | 7,500 | [8] | ||||
November 7 | at West Texas State | Canyon, TX | W 40â0 | |||||
November 14 | Louisiana Tech* | No. 19 |
| W 47â13 | [9] | |||
November 21 | at Texas Tech | No. 17 | T 0â0 | 7,000 | [10] | |||
November 26 | at Howard Payne* | Brownwood, TX ( rivalry) | W 12â0 | 6,000 | [11] | |||
January 1, 1943 | vs. Second Air Force* | L 7â13 | 16,000 | [12] | ||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
AP | â | â | â | â | 19 | 17 | â | â |