1942 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team
1942 Amherst Lord Jeffs football | |
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Little Three champion | |
Conference | Little Three Conference |
Record | 7–0 (2–0 Little Three) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Pratt Field |
The 1942 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team was an American football team that represented Amherst College as a member of the Little Three Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their 11th year under head coach Lloyd Jordan, the Lord Jeffs compiled a 7–0 record, won the Little Three championship, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 31.[1]
The 1942 season was the first perfect season in the history of Amherst's football program. Others followed in 1964, 1984, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015.
The team played its home games at Pratt Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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October 3 | Springfield* | W 27–19 | |||||
October 10 | at Bowdoin* | Brunswick, ME | W 25–0 | [2] | |||
October 17 | Rochester* |
| W 6–0 | [3] | |||
October 24 | at Wesleyan |
| W 27–0 | 5,000 | [4] | ||
October 31 | Massachusetts State* |
| W 43–0 | ||||
November 7 | at Trinity (CT)* | W 35–6 | [5] | ||||
November 14 | Williams |
| W 12–6 | 10,000 | [6] | ||
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References
- ^ "Amherst Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
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- ^ Frank Keyes (October 25, 1942). "Unbeaten Amherst Trounces Wesleyan By 27 To 0 In 'Little Three' Contest". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1.
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