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1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
Conference Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record3–4 (2–1 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadium McNaspy Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1943 →
1942 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal $ 3 0 0 6 2 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 1 0 3 4 0
Louisiana Tech 1 2 0 6 3 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 3 0 5 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Louis Whitman, the team compiled a 3–4 record. [1] [2]

Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 153 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at Alabama*L 0–54
October 9 Southeastern LouisianaW 35–13
October 16 Ouachita College*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 0–6
October 23 Camp Beauregard*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 62–0
October 30 Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA ( rivalry)
W 12–7 [4]
October 21 Louisiana Normal
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 6–11
November 21at Sam Houston State*
L 0–7 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1943. pp. 129–138. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "S.L.I. defeats Louisiana Tech by score 12 to 7". The Daily Advertiser. October 31, 1942. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Sam Houston edges Louisiana team, 7–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 22, 1942. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.