1942 Northwestern Wildcats football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1942

| team = Northwestern Wildcats

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| short_conf = Big Ten

| record = 1–9

| conf_record = 0–6

| head_coach = Pappy Waldorf

| hc_year = 8th

| off_scheme = Single-wing

| def_scheme =

| mvp = Ed Hirsch

| captain = Nick Burke{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=6|title=Year-by-Year Results|date=2007|page=147|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316165052/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf|archive-date=March 16, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 14, 2019}}

| stadium = Dyche Stadium

}}

The 1942 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 1–9 record (0–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.{{cite web|title=1942 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1942-schedule.html}}

Quarterback Otto Graham was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as a second-team All-Big Ten player.{{cite news|title=Four Badgers Placed On All Big Ten Grid Team|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel (AP story)|date=November 29, 1942|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19421128&id=dk5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FQ0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6363,4680737}}{{cite news|title=Wisconsin End Top Gridder On All Big Ten Eleven|author=Tommy Devine|newspaper=Reading Eagle (UP story)|date=December 1, 1942|page=15|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19421201&id=Zr8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7JwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2875,540714}} He was also selected as a third-team All-American by The Sporting News and the Central Press.

Northwestern was ranked at No. 35 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.{{cite news|title=Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2|newspaper=Twin City Sentinel|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 16, 1942|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1942

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Iowa Pre-Flight

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 12–20

| attend = 20,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Seahawks Rap Purple, 20 to 12|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|author=Sec Taylor|date=September 27, 1942|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17735314/seahawks_rap_purple_20_to_12/}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Texas

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 3–0

| attend = 43,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123754395/northwestern-tips-texas-30-on-last-pe/|work=The Pantagraph|title=Northwestern tips Texas, 3–0, on last period field goal|date=October 4, 1942|accessdate=April 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| w/l = l

| opponent = Purdue

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 6–7

| attend = 33,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Michigan

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Michigan Stadium

| site_cityst = Ann Arbor, MI

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 16–34

| attend = 32,188

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| w/l = l

| opponent = Ohio State

| opprank = 1

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 6–20

| attend = 40,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Minnesota

| opprank = 10

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN

| score = 7–19

| attend = 37,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 7

| w/l = l

| opponent = Illinois

| opprank = 20

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 7–14

| attend = 35,300

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| w/l = l

| opponent = Wisconsin

| opprank = 7

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 19–20

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 21

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Notre Dame

| opprank = 8

| site_stadium = Notre Dame Stadium

| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 20–27

| attend = 26,098

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 26

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| rank =

| opponent = Great Lakes Navy

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 0–48

| attend = 18,500

| source = {{cite news|title=Great Lakes Power Plays Crush N. U. 48-0|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Wilfrid Smith|date=November 27, 1942|pages=2-1, 2-21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17890243/great_lakes_power_plays_crush_n_u_480/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

References

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