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Deutsch1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
| 1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (3–3 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Tom Farmer |
| Home stadium | Iowa Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Ohio State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Wisconsin | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Michigan | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Minnesota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Eddie Anderson's last season during his first stint as head coach for the Hawkeyes, before taking time off to serve in World War II.
Iowa was ranked at No. 26 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | Washington University* | W 26–7 | 8,200–10,000 | [2][3][4] | ||
| September 26 | Nebraska* |
| W 27–0 | |||
| October 3 | Great Lakes Navy* |
| L 0–25 | 8,600 | [5] | |
| October 10 | Camp Grant* |
| W 33–16 | 9,100 | [6] | |
| October 17 | No. 5 Illinois | No. 19 |
| L 7–12 | 25,600 | |
| October 24 | at Indiana | W 14–13 | ||||
| October 31 | Purdue |
| W 13–7 | |||
| November 7 | No. 2 Wisconsin |
| W 6–0 | |||
| November 14 | at No. 16 Minnesota | No. 12 | L 7–27 | 33,000 | ||
| November 28 | at No. 9 Michigan | L 14–28 | 20,923 | |||
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Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
| AP | 19 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Claussen, Gene (September 20, 1942). "Hawkeyes Fail to Impress in 26-7 Opener". The Daily Nonpareil. Council Bluffs, Iowa. p. 15. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ Smith, J. L. (Dixie) (September 20, 1942). "Sophs Shine As Iowa Crushes Bears, 26 to 7". Waterloo Sunday Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. p. 7. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Smith, J. L. (Dixie) (September 20, 1942). "Hawkeyes Crush Bears as Sophs Take Spotlight (continued)". Waterloo Sunday Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. p. 22. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Bert McGrane (October 4, 1942). "Great Lakes Wilts Iowa, 25-0". The Des Moines Register. pp. 5–1, 5–9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ C. H. Beukema (October 11, 1942). "Camp Grant Is Beaten, 33-16, by Hawkeyes". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1, 2-8 – via Newspapers.com.
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