1942 Arizona Wildcats football team

1942 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Border Conference
Record	6–4 (4–2 Border)
Head coach	Mike Casteel (4th season)
Captain	Murl M. McCain Jr.
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium

1942 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Hardin–Simmons +	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
Texas Tech +	3	–	0	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
West Texas State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Arizona	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Texas Mines	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
New Mexico	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	2
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
New Mexico A&M	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Casteel, the Wildcats compiled a 6–4 record (4–2 against Border opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored their opponents, 189 to 139. The team captain was Murl M. McCain, Jr.^[1][2]

Arizona was ranked at No. 98 (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 in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	New Mexico A&M	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 53–0
October 3	Utah*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 14–0
October 10	at Arizona State	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ (rivalry)	W 23–0
October 17	Oklahoma A&M*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 20–6
October 24	at Marquette*	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 0–39	18,000	[4]
October 31	Hardin–Simmons	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 26–34	7,500	[5]
November 7	New Mexico	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	W 14–13
November 21	at Texas Mines	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 19–7
November 26	Texas Tech	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 7–13	8,000
December 5	Second Air Force*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 13–27	> 7,500	[6]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1942 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. p. 105. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
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. Red Thisted (October 25, 1942). "Cats Routed By Marquette, 39-0: John Stryzkalski Leads Avalanche in Free Scoring Tilt". The Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Mott, Harvey K. (November 2, 1942). "Mobley Paces Texans To Lead League". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. p. 8. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Military Team Beats Arizona By 27-13 Score". The Arizona Daily Star. December 6, 1942. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.