1942 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1942 Georgia Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Georgia in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Wally Butts, the Bulldogs compiled an 11–1 record, shut out six of twelve opponents (including a 34–0 victory over No. 2 Georgia Tech), won the SEC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 378 to 73.^[1] The Bulldogs' 75–0 win over Florida remains the largest margin of victory in the history of the Florida–Georgia football rivalry.^[2]

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Kentucky		DuPont Stadium Louisville, KY	W 7–6	10,500	[11]
September 25	vs. Jacksonville NAS*		Municipal Stadium Macon, GA	W 14–0	11,000	[12][13]
October 3	Furman*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 40–7	8,000	[14]
October 10	at Ole Miss		Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 48–13	15,000	[15]
October 17	Tulane	No. 2	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 40–0	18,000	[16]
October 24	at Cincinnati*	No. 2	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 35–13	15,000	[17]
October 31	vs. No. 3 Alabama	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 21–10	32,000–33,000	[18][19]
November 7	vs. Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	W 75–0	21,000	[20]
November 14	at Chattanooga*	No. 1	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 40–0	5,500	[21]
November 21	vs. Auburn	No. 1	A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 13–27	22,000	[22]
November 28	No. 2 Georgia Tech	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	W 34–0	45,000	[23]
January 1, 1943	vs. No. 13 UCLA*	No. 2	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 9–0	90,000	[24]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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