1942 Southeastern Conference football season

1942 Southeastern Conference football season
Sport	Football
Duration	September 18, 1942 – January 1, 1943 (1942-09-18 – 1943-01-01)
Number of teams	12
Champion	Georgia

1942 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Georgia $	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
No. 18 Mississippi State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Southeastern Conference football season was the tenth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1942 college football season. Georgia compiled an 11–1 overall record, with a conference record of 6–1, and was SEC champion.

Results and team statistics

Conf. rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	AP final	PPG	PAG
1	Georgia	Wally Butts	11–1–0 (.917)	6–1–0 (.857)	No. 2	31.3	6.3
T–2	Georgia Tech	William Alexander	9–2–0 (.818)	4–1–0 (.800)	No. 5	19.9	7.9
T–2	Tennessee	John Barnhill	9–1–1 (.864)	4–1–0 (.800)	No. 7	23.5	5.5
4	Mississippi State	Allyn McKeen	8–2–0 (.800)	5–2–0 (.714)	No. 18	20.0	7.7
5	Alabama	Frank Thomas	8–3–0 (.727)	4–2–0 (.667)	No. 10	22.4	8.8
6	LSU	Bernie Moore	7–3–0 (.700)	3–2–0 (.600)		19.2	11.7
7	Auburn	Jack Meagher	6–4–1 (.591)	3–3–0 (.500)	No. 16	15.8	12.1
8	Vanderbilt	Red Sanders	6–4–0 (.600)	2–4–0 (.333)		23.2	11.3
9	Florida	Tom Lieb	3–7–0 (.300)	1–3–0 (.250)		10.6	18.5
10	Tulane	Claude Simons Jr.	4–5–0 (.444)	1–4–0 (.200)		13.4	17.1
T–11	Kentucky	Albert D. Kirwan	3–6–1 (.350)	0–5–0 (.000)		15.5	15.4
T–11	Ole Miss	Harry Mehre	2–7–0 (.222)	0–5–0 (.000)		14.7	18.1

Key
AP final = Rankings from AP sports writers. See 1942 college football rankings
PPG = Average of points scored per game^[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game^[1]

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost
SEC member tie
SEC teams in bold

Week Zero

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 18	Chattanooga	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	W 20–7	8,000	[2]
September 19	Louisiana Normal	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 40–0		[3]
September 19	Florida	Jacksonville NAS	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	L 7–20	8,500	[4]
September 19	Georgia	Kentucky	DuPont Stadium • Louisville, KY	UGA 7–6	10,500	[5]

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 25	Jacksonville NAS	Georgia	Municipal Stadium • Macon, GA	W 14–0	11,000	[6][7]
September 25	Southwestern Louisiana	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	W 54–0		[8]
September 25	Kentucky	Xavier	Xavier Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 35–19	12,000	[9]
September 26	Union (TN)	Mississippi State	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 35–2	6,000	[10]
September 26	Texas A&M	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 16–7	25,000	[11]
September 26	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 52–0	6,000	[12]
September 26	Randolph–Macon	Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	W 45–0	3,000	[13]
September 26	Tulane	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–13	45,000	[14]
September 26	Western Kentucky State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 39–6	1,500	[15]
September 26	Tennessee	South Carolina	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC (rivalry)	T 0–0	14,000	[16]
September 26	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	GT 15–0	12,000	[17]

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 2	Ole Miss	Georgetown	Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC	L 6–14	15,000	[18]
October 3	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 40–7	8,000	[19]
October 3	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 13–6	20,545	[20]
October 3	Fordham	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 40–14	25,000	[21]
October 3	Purdue	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 26–0	18,000	[22]
October 3	Florida	Tampa	Phillips Field • Tampa, FL	W 26–6	6,500	[23]
October 3	Washington and Lee	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	W 53–0		[24]
October 3	LSU	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	L 14–27	20,000	[25]
October 3	Mississippi State	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ALA 21–6	18,000	[26]
October 3	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	AUB 27–13	30,000	[27]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 10	Chattanooga	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 30–12	12,000	[28]
October 10	Dayton	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 34–6		[29]
October 10	Pensacola NAS	Alabama	Murphy High School Stadium • Mobile, AL	W 27–0	8,000–10,000	[30][31]
October 10	Rice	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–7	25,000	[32]
October 10	Georgia	Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	UGA 48–13	15,000	[18]
October 10	Mississippi State	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 16–6	25,000	[33]
October 10	Auburn	Florida	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	FLA 6–0	10,000	[34]
October 10	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (rivalry)	VAN 7–6		[35]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 16	Florida	Villanova	Shibe Park • Philadelphia, PA	L 3–13	8,051	[36]
October 17	Davidson	No. 6 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 33–0	10,000	[37]
October 17	Auburn	Georgetown	Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC	T 6–6	12,500	[38]
October 17	Kentucky	VPI	Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA	T 21–21	10,000	[39]
October 17	Tulane	No. 2 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	UGA 40–0	18,000	[40]
October 17	No. 15 Tennessee	No. 4 Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	ALA 8–0	25,000	[41]
October 17	Mississippi State	No. 12 Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	MSS 33–0	22,000	[42]
October 17	Ole Miss	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	LSU 21–7	20,000	[43]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 23	Villanova	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	W 14–6	10,000	[44]
October 24	No. 2 Georgia	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 35–13	15,000	[45]
October 24	No. 6 Georgia Tech	Navy	Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD	W 21–0	20,000	[46]
October 24	Furman	No. 17 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 52–7		[47]
October 24	Georgia Pre-Flight	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 34–0	15,000	[48]
October 24	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 66–0	7,000	[49]
October 24	No. 19 North Carolina	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 29–14	22,000	[50]
October 24	Arkansas	Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 6–7	15,000	[51]
October 24	No. 16 Mississippi State	Vanderbilt	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	MSS 26–12	8,000	[52]
October 24	No. 3 Alabama	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	ALA 14–0	14,000	[53]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 30	Kentucky	George Washington	Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC	W 27–6	5,000	[54]
October 31	No. 5 Georgia Tech	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 26–7	24,000	[55]
October 31	Memphis State	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 48–0		[56]
October 31	Florida	Maryland	Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC	L 0–13	10,000	[57]
October 31	No. 3 Alabama	No. 2 Georgia	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	UGA 21–10	32,000–33,000	[58][59]
October 31	No. 19 LSU	No. 20 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TEN 26–0	15,000	[60]
October 31	Mississippi State	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	MSS 6–0	7,000	[61]
October 31	Vanderbilt	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 28–21	15,000	[62]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 7	Cincinnati	No. 13 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 34–12	6,000	[63]
November 7	South Carolina	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 29–0	10,000	[64]
November 7	LSU	Fordham	Polo Grounds • New York, NY	W 26–13	16,400	[65]
November 7	Auburn	Georgia Pre-Flight	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA	L 14–41	6,500	[66]
November 7	No. 1 Georgia	Florida	Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	UGA 75–0	21,000	[67]
November 7	Kentucky	No. 3 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 47–7	20,000	[68]
November 7	Mississippi State	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	MSS 7–0	28,000	[69]
November 7	Vanderbilt	Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN (rivalry)	VAN 19–0	6,000	[70]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 14	No. 1 Georgia	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, TN	W 40–0	5,500	[71]
November 14	Duquesne	Mississippi State	Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 28–6	10,000	[72]
November 14	Union (TN)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 27–0		[73]
November 14	Florida	Miami (FL)	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (rivalry)	L 0–12	15,558	[74]
November 14	Georgia Pre-Flight	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–7	18,000	[75]
November 14	West Virginia	Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 0–7		[76]
November 14	No. 5 Alabama	No. 2 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	GT 7–0	34,000	[77]
November 14	No. 11 Tennessee	Ole Miss	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	TEN 14–0	10,000	[78]
November 14	LSU	Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	AUB 25–7	8,000	[79]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 21	Auburn	No. 1 Georgia	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA (rivalry)	AUB 27–13	22,000	[80]
November 21	Florida	No. 2 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 20–7	15,000	[81]
November 21	Kentucky	No. 11 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	TEN 26–0	20,000	[82]
November 21	Ole Miss	No. 16 Mississippi State	Scott Field • Starkville, MS (rivalry)	MSS 34–13	16,000	[83]
November 21	Vanderbilt	No. 9 Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 27–7	17,000	[84]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 26	Tulane	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	LSU 18–6	30,071	[85]
November 28	Clemson	No. 16 Auburn	Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL (rivalry)	W 41–13	10,000	[86]
November 28	Georgia Pre-Flight	No. 7 Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	L 19–35	7,000	[87]
November 28	No. 2 Georgia Tech	No. 5 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry)	UGA 34–0	45,000	[88]
November 28	No. 10 Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)	TEN 19–7	19,000	[89]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 28	San Francisco	No. 18 Mississippi State	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 19–7	250	[90]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Postseason

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
January 1, 1943	No. 13 UCLA	No. 2 Georgia	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 9–0	90,000	[91]
January 1, 1943	No. 7 Tennessee	No. 4 Tulsa	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 14–7	70,000	[92]
January 1, 1943	No. 10 Alabama	No. 8 Boston College	Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	W 37–21	25,166	[93]
January 1, 1943	No. 18 Texas	No. 5 Georgia Tech	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 7–14	36,620	[94]
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

All-conference players

For the complete All-SEC selections, see 1942 All-SEC football team.

The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1942 All-SEC football team:

• George Poschner, End, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1)
• Don Whitmire, Tackle, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
• Clyde Johnson, Tackle, Kentucky (AP-1, UP-1)
• Harvey Hardy, Guard, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
• Joe Domnanovich, Center, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
• Clint Castleberry, Quarterback, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
• Monk Gafford, Halfback, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
• Frank Sinkwich, Fullback, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1)

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 1942 College Football All-America Team.

Three SEC players were consensus first-team picks on the 1942 College Football All-America Team:^[95]

• Frank Sinkwich, Halfback, Georgia (AAB, AP, CO, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP)
• Joe Domnanovich, Center, Alabama (AAB, AP, CO, LK, NW, SN)
• Harvey Hardy, Guard, Georgia Tech (AP-2; INS-1; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1)

Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:

• George Poschner, End, Georgia (AP-2; UP-2; SN-2; CP-3; NEA-2; MS-1)
• Al Hust, End, Tennessee (AP-3; INS-2; NEA-2)
• Don Whitmire, Tackle, Alabama (AP-3; SN-3; NEA-1)
• George Hecht, Guard, Alabama ( MS-1 [4-way tie])
• Clint Castleberry, Quarterback, Georgia Tech (AP-3; UP-2; SN-3; INS-2; NEA-2)
• Monk Gafford, Halfback, Auburn (AP-2; INS-1; CP-3; NYS-2; PL)
• J. T. "Blondy" Black, Halfback, Mississippi State (CP-3; NEA-3)

Head coaches

Records through the completion of the 1942 season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	SEC record
Alabama	Frank Thomas	12	119–27–6 (.803)	93–18–5 (.823)	46–12–4 (.774)
Auburn	Jack Meagher	9	74–63–5 (.539)	48–37–10 (.558)	26–25–7 (.509)
Florida	Tom Lieb	3	59–51–4 (.535)	12–19–0 (.387)	4–9–0 (.308)
Georgia	Wally Butts	4	30–12–2 (.705)	30–12–2 (.705)	11–5–2 (.667)
Georgia Tech	William Alexander	23	118–89–15 (.565)	118–89–15 (.565)	26–31–5 (.460)
Kentucky	Albert D. Kirwan	5	21–22–4 (.489)	21–22–4 (.489)	3–17–3 (.196)
LSU	Bernie Moore	8	66–37–6 (.633)	54–25–3 (.677)	27–17–2 (.609)
Mississippi State	Allyn McKeen	4	47–11–2 (.800)	34–5–2 (.854)	16–4–2 (.773)
Ole Miss	Harry Mehre	5	92–49–7 (.645)	33–15–1 (.684)	22–23–3 (.490)
Tennessee	John Barnhill	2	17–3–1 (.833)	17–3–1 (.833)	7–2–0 (.778)
Tulane	Claude Simons Jr.	1	15–17–1 (.470)	4–5–0 (.444)	1–4–0 (.200)
Vanderbilt	Red Sanders	3	17–12–1 (.583)	17–12–1 (.583)	6–11–1 (.361)

1943 NFL draft

The following SEC players were selected in the 1943 NFL draft:^[96]

Round	Overall Pick	Player name	School	Position	NFL team
1	1	Frank Sinkwich	Georgia	Halfback	Detroit Lions
1	10	Jack Jenkins	Vanderbilt	Halfback	Washington Redskins
2	12	Lamar Davis	Georgia	Back	Philadelphia Eagles
2	13	J. T. "Blondy" Black	Mississippi State	Back	Brooklyn Dodgers
3	17	Monk Gafford	Auburn	Back	Philadelphia Eagles
4	28	Joe Domnanovich	Alabama	Center	Brooklyn Dodgers
4	29	Al Hust	Tennessee	End	Chicago Cardinals
5	33	George Hecht	Alabama	Guard	Chicago Cardinals
5	34	Marty Comer	Tulane	End	Brooklyn Dodgers
5	35	Clyde Johnson	Kentucky	Tackle	Cleveland Rams
6	46	Jim Reynolds	Auburn	Back	New York Giants
8	61	George Poschner	Georgia	End	Detroit Lions
8	64	Bill Godwin	Georgia	Center	Chicago Cardinals
8	70	Tony Leon	Alabama	Guard	Washington Redskins
10	84	Fondren Mitchell	Florida	Back	Chicago Cardinals
10	90	Walt McDonald	Tulane	Back	Washington Redskins
12	103	Lou Thomas	Tulane	Back	Brooklyn Dodgers
12	108	Van Davis	Georgia	End	Green Bay Packers
12	110	Dan Wood	Ole Miss	Center	Washington Redskins
13	119	Clark Wood	Kentucky	Tackle	Chicago Bears
14	122	George Weeks	Alabama	End	Philadelphia Eagles
14	125	Sam Sharp	Alabama	End	Cleveland Rams
14	130	Oscar Britt	Ole Miss	Guard	Washington Redskins
15	132	Russ Craft	Alabama	Back	Philadelphia Eagles
17	152	Walt Gorinski	LSU	Back	Philadelphia Eagles
17	155	Walt Ruark	Georgia	Guard	Cleveland Rams
22	201	Percy Holland	LSU	Guard	Detroit Lions
23	213	Cliff Kimsey	Georgia	Back	Chicago Cardinals
24	230	Charlie Yancey	Mississippi State	Back	Washington Redskins
25	234	Gene Lee	Florida	Center	Brooklyn Dodgers
25	236	Dave Brown	Alabama	Back	New York Giants
25	240	Roman Bentz	Tulane	Tackle	Washington Redskins
29	273	Bill Edwards	LSU	Guard	Chicago Cardinals
29	274	Al Sabo	Alabama	Back	Brooklyn Dodgers
29	275	Floyd Konetsky	Florida	Guard	Cleveland Rams
30	285	Willie Miller	LSU	Guard	Cleveland Rams
31	295	Bill "Mother" Corry	Florida	Back	Washington Redskins

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