The 1942 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 215 to 110.[1]
| 1942 Saint Louis Billikens football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Tulsa $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saint Louis was ranked at No. 154 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
The team played its home games at Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | at Missouri* | L 7–38 | ||||||
| October 2 | Missouri Mines* |
| W 14–7 | |||||
| October 10 | at Drake | L 9–19 | ||||||
| October 16 | Miami (FL)* |
| L 6–31 | 7,000 | [3] | |||
| October 23 | Tulsa |
| L 0–41 | 7,990 | ||||
| November 1 | Loyola (LA)* |
| W 20–6 | 6,545 | [4] | |||
| November 8 | Creighton |
| W 21–19 | 6,204 | [5] | |||
| November 14 | at Oklahoma A&M | L 7–54 | ||||||
| November 26 | 2:30 p.m. | Washington University |
| W 26–0 | 13,192 | [6][7] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1942 Saint Louis Billikens Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gould, James M. (October 17, 1942). "Miami Hurricane Crushes Billikens". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2B. Retrieved January 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Billikens Gang Up on Favored Loyola for 20-6 Victory". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 2, 1942. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ James M. Gould (November 9, 1942). "Billikens' 21 to 0 Lead Cut to 2 Points by Beaten Creighton". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gould, James M. (November 25, 1942). "17 Players From District to Start Bear-Billiken Game". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 8A. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Stockton, J. Roy (November 27, 1942). "St. Louis U. Trounces Washington, 26 to 0, to Give Coach Duford His Third Straight Win Over Rivals". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 6C. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
