1942 Temple Owls football team

1942 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–3
Head coach	Ray Morrison (3rd season)
Home stadium	Temple Stadium

1942 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

The 1942 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 2–5–3 record and was outscored by a total of 135 to 48.^[1]

Temple was ranked at No. 94 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Georgetown	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7	22,000	[3]
October 2	VMI	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6	15,000	[4]
October 9	Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7		[5]
October 16	at SMU	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	T 6–6
October 23	North Carolina Pre-Flight	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–34	20,000	[6]
October 31	Michigan State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7
November 7	at No. 5 Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 0–28	24,000
November 14	Holy Cross	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–13
November 21	Oklahoma	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	5,000
November 28	Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–20
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1942 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Stan Baumgartner (September 26, 1942). "Georgetown Recovers Temple Fumble To Win, 7-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 23, 24 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Temple beats V.M.I., 7–6, in grid thriller". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1942. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bucknell And Temple Tie, 7-7 In See-Saw Struggle". Sunbury Daily Item. October 10, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Cadets maul Owls, 34–0". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. The United Press. October 24, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved January 15, 2012.