1942 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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1942 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record1–7–1 (0–1 WVIAC)
Head coach
CaptainSam Clagg, Paul McCuskey
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morris Harvey
$
4 0 0 6 1 2
West Liberty State
4 1 0 5 3 0
Glenville State
4 2 0 4 2 0
Fairmont State
3 4 0 3 4 0
Potomac State
0 4 0 1 8 0
Bethany (WV)
*
1 2 0 6 2 0
Marshall * 0 1 0 8 2 0
West Virginia Tech
*
0 2 0 0 2 4
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.

The 1942 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Cam Henderson, the Thundering Herd compiled a 1–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 118 to 52. Marshall had a record of 0–1 against WVIAC opponents, but did not play enough conference games to qualify for the WVAC standings.[1] Sam Clagg and Paul McCuskey were the team captains.[2]

Marshall was ranked at No. 209 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Morehead State*T 0–0
October 3at Kentucky Wesleyan*Owensboro, KYL 13–19
October 9at Louisiana Tech*
L 0–26[4]
October 17Fort Knox*
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
L 6–20[5]
October 24at Toledo*
L 0–7[6]
October 31at Dayton*L 13–206,500[7]
November 7at Xavier*L 7–13[8]
November 13
Morris Harvey
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
L 0–6
November 26Bradley*dagger
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 13–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "2005 WVIAC Football Media Guide". West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. July 15, 2005. p. 35. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2018. p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
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  5. ^ "Knox Socks Marshall 20–6 for 1st Win". The Courier-Journal. October 18, 1942. p. 49. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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