1942 Williams Ephs football team

The 1942 Williams Ephs football team represented the Williams College as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In Charlie Caldwell's 15th and final year at Williams, the Ephs compiled a 7–1 record, shutting out three teams, and outscored opponents 256 to 46. After winning their first seven contests, the Ephs made a quick appearance on the AP Poll for the first and only time in program history. Williams lost the last game of the season against rival Amherst and fell from the rankings.

1942 Williams Ephs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumWeston 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

Williams was ranked at No. 95 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 26Middlebury
W 41–0[2]
October 3at Princeton
W 19–7[3]
October 10Clarkson
  • Weston Field
  • Williamstown, MA
W 52–0[4]
October 17at Bowdoin
W 19–0[5]
October 24Tufts
  • Weston Field
  • Williamstown, MA
W 47–6[6]
October 31at Union (NY)
W 41–15[7]
November 7Wesleyan
  • Weston Field
  • Williamstown, MA
W 31–6[8]
November 14at AmherstNo. 20
L 6–12[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Williams routs Middmen, 41–0". Rutland Daily Herald. September 28, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Williams rally turns back Princeton in upset, 19–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Williams romps in 52–0 parade". Portland Press Herald. October 11, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Big Williams eleven whips Bowdoin, 19–0". Portland Press Herald. October 18, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Williams keeps record clean by defeating Tufts". The Hartford Courant. October 25, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Williams crushes Union with 4th period drive, 41–15". Democrat and Chronicle. November 1, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bill Schmidt runs wild to lead undefeated Williams to win over Wesleyan". The Hartford Courant. November 8, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Amherst knocks Williams from unbeaten class, 12–6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1942. Retrieved September 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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