1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 5
Record9–2 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJack A. Marshall
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In their 23rd season under head coach William Alexander, the Yellow Jacket won the first nine games of the season, before losing its final two games, including a loss to Texas in the 1943 Cotton Bowl.[1]
They were ranked No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Auburn
W 15–012,000[2]
October 3at Notre Dame*
W 13–620,545[3]
October 10Chattanooga*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 30–1212,000[4]
October 17Davidson*No. 6
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 33–010,000[5]
October 24at Navy*No. 6
W 21–020,000[6]
October 31at Duke*No. 5
W 26–724,000[7]
November 7KentuckyNo. 3
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 47–720,000[8]
November 14No. 5 AlabamaNo. 2
W 7–034,000[9]
November 21FloridaNo. 2
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 20–715,000[10]
November 28at No. 5 GeorgiaNo. 2
L 0–3445,000[11]
January 1vs. No. 18 Texas*No. 5
L 7–1436,620[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP
6 (5)6 (1)5 (3)3 (3.83)2 (14)2 (13)2 (50)5

References

  1. ^ "1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
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