1942 Texas Longhorns football team

1942 Texas Longhorns football
Cotton Bowl Classic Champions Southwest Conference Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic vs. #5 Georgia Tech, W 14–7
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	#11
1942 record	9-2 (5-1 SWC)
Head coach	Dana X. Bible
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500)

1942 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#11 Texas $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Rice	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
TCU	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Baylor	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
SMU	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	2
Arkansas	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1942 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 19	Corpus Christi Naval Air Station*		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 40–0
September 26	Kansas State*		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 64–0
October 3	at Northwestern*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 0–3
October 10	vs. Oklahoma*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Rivalry)	W 7–0
October 17	at Arkansas	#20	Little Rock, AR (Rivalry)	W 47–6
October 25	at Rice	#15	Rice Field • Houston, Texas	W 12–7
October 31	SMU	#17	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 21–7
November 7	Baylor	#14	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 20–0
November 14	at TCU	#8	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 7–13
November 26	Texas A&M	#18	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)	W 12–6
January 1, 1943	vs. #5 Georgia Tech*	#11	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	W 14–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Awards and honors

• Jack Freeman, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
• Roy McKay, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
• Stanley Mauldin, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player

References

1. http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html