1942 SMU Mustangs football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1942

| team = SMU Mustangs

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Southwest Conference

| short_conf = SWC

| record = 3–6–2

| conf_record = 1–4–1

| head_coach = Jimmy Stewart

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Clarence Booth

| captain2 = Orville Johnson

| captain3 = Kelly Simpson

| stadium = Ownby Stadium

}}

The 1942 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jimmy Stewart, the Mustangs compiled a 3–6–2 record (1–4–1 against conference opponents) and were outscored by a total of 133 to 126.{{cite news|title=1942 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=May 21, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/southern-methodist/1942-schedule.html}}

SMU was ranked at No. 75 (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}}

The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1942

| poll = AP

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 26||North Texas State Teachers|Ownby Stadium

|University Park, TX (rivalry)|W 26–7|7,000|{{cite news|title=Southern Methodist unimpressive in 26–7 victory over North Texas|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=September 27, 1942|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88443716/southern-methodist-unimpressive-in-267/|accessdate=November 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 3|at|Pittsburgh|Pitt Stadium|Pittsburgh, PA|L 7–20|15,000|{{cite news|last=Hopkins|first=Tom|title=Pitt Beats S. M. U., 20–7|newspaper=Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph|date=October 4, 1942|page=Section 3-3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122812509/pitt-beats-smu/|access-date=April 13, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 10|vs|Hardin–Simmons|Alamo Stadium|San Antonio, TX|L 6–7|20,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-cowboys-ride-smu/168143834/|work=The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph|title=Cowboys ride SMU Mustangs for 7–6 win|date=October 11, 1942|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 16||Temple|Cotton Bowl|Dallas, TX|T 6–6||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal-temple-and-smu/168144224/|work=The Shreveport Journal|title=Temple and S.M.U. tie|date=October 17, 1942|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 24||Corpus Christi NAS|Ownby Stadium|University Park, TX|W 21–6||{{cite news|title=Navy Fliers Lost To S.M.U., 21 to 6|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 25, 1942|page=2S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17981956/navy_fliers_lose_to_smu_21_to_6/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 31|at|No. 17 Texas|War Memorial Stadium

|Austin, TX|L 7–21||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123755474/texas-defeats-ponies-217/|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|title=Texas defeats Ponies, 21–7|date=November 1, 1942|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 7||Texas A&M|Ownby Stadium|University Park, TX|L 20–27||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-aggies-nose-ou/168142924/|work=Austin American-Statesman|title=Aggies nose out Mustangs, 27–20, in blistering sky battle|date=November 8, 1942|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 14||Arkansas|Ownby Stadium|University Park, TX|W 14–6||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-mustangs-stage/168144465/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Mustangs stage rally to rap Porkers by 14–6|date=November 15, 1942|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 21|at|Baylor|Municipal Stadium|Waco, TX|T 6–6||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-tribune-herald-smu-pass-in-fourth-c/168139400/|work=Waco Tribune-Herald|title=SMU pass in fourth clicks as Ponies get 6–6 tie with Bears|date=November 22, 1942|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 28||TCU|Ownby Stadium|University Park, TX (rivalry)|L 6–14|10,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-frogs-strike-tw/168137547/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Frogs strike twice in second to beat Ponies|date=November 29, 1942|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|December 5|at|Rice|Rice Field|Houston, TX (rivalry)|L 7–13||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-rice-rolls-ove/168135718/|work=The Austin American-Statesman|title=Rice rolls over Southern Methodist|date=December 6, 1942|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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