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1942 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1942
teamFlorida Gators
sportfootball
conferenceSoutheastern Conference
short_confSEC
record3–7
conf_record1–3
head_coachTom Lieb
hc_year3rd
captainBill Corry
captain2O'Neal Hill
stadiumFlorida Field
next_year1944

The 1942 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1942 college football season. The season was Tom Lieb's third as Florida's head coach. By the autumn of 1942, World War II had begun to affect many college football programs. Florida lost several players and most of its coaching staff to the war effort before the season, and lost several more players during the season, leading to diminishing success as the schedule progressed.

The Gators began the season 3–1 but lost their final six contests to finish with a 3–7 overall record. Their 1–3 conference record placed ninth among twelve teams in the SEC.

Florida was ranked at No. 87 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

Schedule

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Auburn

The highlight of the campaign was the Gators' 6–0 edging of the Auburn Tigers on Florida Field, the Gators' only Southeastern Conference (SEC) victory of the year.

Georgia

They also suffered through a crushing 75–0 defeat by coach Wally Butts' SEC champion Georgia Bulldogs in Jacksonville, Florida, the worst defeat in the history of Florida's football program. --

References

References

  1. Associated Press, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hkxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bk0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=football%20florida%20players&pg=7388%2C905755 Tom Lieb Must Develop Not Only a Football Team but a Coaching Staff]", ''St. Petersburg Times'', p. 11 (September 3, 1944). Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  2. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fZQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=07YFAAAAIBAJ&dq=football%20florida%20players%201942%20gators&pg=1032%2C7359674 Lieb Expects Good Gator Grid Prospects]", ''The Palm Beach Post'', (May 27, 1944). Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel.
  4. Wayne Oliver. (September 20, 1942). "Jacksonville Navy Fliers Outclass University of Florida Gators, 20-7". Sunday News-Democrat (Tallahassee, FL).
  5. (September 27, 1942). "Strong Gator team crushes Jackets, 45–0". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  6. (October 4, 1942). "Gators win, 26–6, in tight battle". Tampa Sunday Tribune.
  7. (October 11, 1942). "Gators hand Auburn upset". The Decatur Daily.
  8. (October 18, 1942). "Villanova's late rally defeats Florida". The Palm Beach Post-Times.
  9. (October 25, 1942). "Florida beaten by Mississippi State, 26 to 12". The Greenville News.
  10. (November 1, 1942). "Maryland wins from Florida by 13–0 score". Panama City News-Herald.
  11. Jack Troy. (November 8, 1942). "Georgia Smothers Florida, 75 to 0; Furious Assault Nets Bulldogs 11 Touchdowns; Nation's Number 1 Team Rolls Up Nearly 600 Yards". The Atlanta Constitution.
  12. (November 15, 1942). "Miami defeats Gators to win Florida title". The Bradenton Herald.
  13. (November 22, 1942). "Yellow Jackets defeat Gators; Slate unbroken". The Huntsville Times.
  14. ''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.)
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