1942 Wyoming Cowboys football team
American college football season
| 1942 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 3–5 (1–5 MSC) |
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| Captain | None |
| Home stadium | Corbett Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. In its second season under head coach Bunny Oakes, the team compiled a 3–5 record (1–5 against MSC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 115 to 106.[1][2]
Wyoming was ranked at No. 148 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | Colorado A&M |
| L 0–10 | ||
| October 2 | at BYU | Provo, UT | W 13–6 | ||
| October 10 | Colorado State–Greeley |
| W 33–0 | ||
| October 17 | at Denver | Denver, CO | L 14–17 | [4] | |
| October 24 | at Colorado Mines | Golden, CO | W 26–6 | ||
| October 31 | at Colorado | L 7–28 | |||
| November 14 | Utah |
| L 7–34 | ||
| November 21 | at Utah State | L 6–14 |
References
- ^ "1942 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 211. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pioneers Defeat Cowboys, Buffs Blank New Mexico". Casper Star-Tribune. October 18, 1942. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
