1942 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1942
| team = Amherst Lord Jeffs
| sport = football
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| conference = Little Three Conference
| short_conf = Little Three
| record = 7–0
| conf_record = 2–0
| head_coach = Lloyd Jordan
| hc_year = 11th
| captain =
| stadium = Pratt Field
| champion = Little Three champion
| next_year = 1945
}}
The 1942 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team was an American football team that represented Amherst College as a member of the Little Three Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their 11th year under head coach Lloyd Jordan, the Lord Jeffs compiled a 7–0 record, won the Little Three championship, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 31.{{cite web|title=Amherst Yearly Results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=May 27, 2023|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/amherst/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906220103/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/amherst/1940-1944_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}
The 1942 season was the first perfect season in the history of Amherst's football program. Others followed in 1964, 1984, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015.
The team played its home games at Pratt Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Schedule
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|October 3||{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Springfield Gymnasts|title=Springfield}}
|October 10|at|{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears|title=Bowdoin}}
|October 17||{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Rochester Yellowjackets|title=Rochester}}
|October 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Wesleyan Cardinals|title=Wesleyan}}|Andrus Field|Middletown, CT|W 27-0|5,000|{{cite news|title=Unbeaten Amherst Trounces Wesleyan By 27 To 0 In 'Little Three' Contest|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Frank Keyes|date=October 25, 1942|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-unbeaten-amherst-trounc/126260595/}}
|October 31||Massachusetts State
|November 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Trinity Hilltoppers|title=Trinity (CT)}}
|November 14||Williams|Pratt Field|Amherst, MA (The Biggest Little Game in America)|W 12-6|10,000|{{cite news|title=Amherst Scores Surprise 12-6 Win Over Favored Williams Football Team|newspaper=The Berkshire Evening Eagle|author=John M. Flynn|date=November 16, 1942|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-amherst-scores-surpr/125401619/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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