1942 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1942 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its 14th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 172 to 104. Warren Anderson was the team captain.[1][2]

1942 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWarren Anderson
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
1942 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams    7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State    6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College    8 2 0
Buffalo    6 2 0
Bucknell    6 2 1
Colgate    6 2 1
Army    6 3 0
Syracuse    6 3 0
Duquesne    6 3 1
Yale    5 3 0
Fordham    5 3 1
Penn    5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross    5 4 1
Dartmouth    5 4 0
Brown    4 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Vermont    4 3 0
Carnegie Tech    3 3 0
Boston University    4 5 0
Cornell    3 5 1
Princeton    3 5 1
Temple    2 5 3
Columbia    3 6 0
Pittsburgh    3 6 0
Tufts    2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall    1 4 2
Massachusetts State    2 5 0
Harvard    2 6 1
Drexel    2 6 0
Manhattan    2 6 0
CCNY    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Colgate was ranked at No. 59 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26St. LawrenceW 49–0
October 3at CornellW 18–612,000[4]
October 10at DartmouthW 27–1910,000[5]
October 17DukeNo. 9
L 0–3418,782
October 24at Penn StateL 10–1311,510
October 31at Holy CrossT 6–6
November 7at ColumbiaW 35–2615,000[6]
November 14at SyracuseW 14–025,000
November 21at Brown
W 13–08,000 [7]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "1942 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  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. Danzig, Allison (October 4, 1942). "Colgate Defeats Cornell by 18-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Childs, Kingsley (October 11, 1942). "Colgate Defeats Dartmouth, 27-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Effrat, Louis (November 8, 1942). "Colgate Defeats Columbia by 35-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Kelley, Robert F. (November 27, 1942). "Colgate Crosses Goal Twice in Beating Brown 11th Straight Year". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.
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