1942 Portland Pilots football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1942
| team = Portland Pilots
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 5–2
| head_coach = Robert L. Mathews
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Multnomah Stadium
| next_year = 1946
}}
{{1942 Western college football independents records}}
The 1942 Portland Pilots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Portland as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth and final year under head coach Robert L. Mathews, the team compiled a 5–2 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon.
Players included Larry Beil.
Portland was ranked at No. 119 (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
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|September 26||{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Pacific Badgers|title=Pacific (OR)}}|Multnomah Stadium|Portland, OR|W 46-0||{{cite news|title=Portland U. Takes Opener|newspaper=The Bend Bulletin|date=September 26, 1942|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35062955/portland_u_takes_opener/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 3||{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Willamette Bearcats|title=Willamette}}|Multnomah Stadium|Portland, OR|W 34-13||{{cite news|title=Portland U. Trims Willamette, 34-13|newspaper=The Eugene Register-Guard|date=October 4, 1942|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35061877/portland_u_trims_willamette_3413/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 10|at|{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Western Washington Vikings|title=Western Washington}}|Battersby Field|Bellingham, WA|W 26-0||{{cite news |author= |title=Vikings "Tough," Matthews Warns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90274539/the-bellingham-herald/ |newspaper=The Bellingham Herald |location=Bellingham, Washington |date=October 9, 1942 |page=7 |access-date=December 8, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|title=Pilots Pounce on WCE 26-0|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=October 11, 1942|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35062024/pilots_pounce_on_wce_260/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 17|vs.|Second Air Force|Ute Stadium|Salt Lake City, UT|L 13-20|5,000|{{cite news|title=Air Force Eleven Defeat Portland U. by 20-13 Score|newspaper=Provo (Utah) Sunday Herald|date=October 18, 1942|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17805592/air_force_eleven_defeat_portland_u_by/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Saint Martin's Rangers|title=Saint Martin's}}| |Olympia, WA|W 39-6||{{cite news|title=Pilots Smash St. Martin's|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=October 25, 1942|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35062237/pilots_smash_st_martins/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 7||{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Pacific Lutheran Lutes|title=Pacific Lutheran}}|Multnomah Stadium|Portland, OR|W 41-0||{{cite news|title=Unorthodoxed Pilots Bewilder Lutes, 41-0|newspaper=The Eugene Register-Guard|date=November 8, 1942|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35062457/unorthodoxed_pilots_bewilder_lutes_410/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 21|at|Idaho|Public School Field|Boise, ID|L 14-20|6,000|{{cite news|title=Vandals Rally To Nip Pilots|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=November 22, 1942|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35062629/vandals_rally_to_nip_pilots/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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