1942 Vermont Catamounts football team

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1942 Vermont Catamounts football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
Home stadiumCentennial Field
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams     7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State     6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College     8 2 0
Buffalo     6 2 0
Bucknell     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Syracuse     6 3 0
Duquesne     6 3 1
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 1
Penn     5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross     5 4 1
Dartmouth     5 4 0
Brown     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Vermont     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     3 3 0
Boston University     4 5 0
Cornell     3 5 1
Princeton     3 5 1
Temple     2 5 3
Columbia     3 6 0
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Tufts     2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall     1 4 2
Massachusetts State     2 5 0
Harvard     2 6 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Manhattan     2 6 0
CCNY     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their third year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 4–3 record.

Vermont was ranked at No. 417 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Rhode Island StateL 13–70[2]
October 3at RutgersL 20–273,000[3]
October 10Massachusetts State
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
W 13–6[4]
October 17at Union (NY)
L 12–26[5]
October 31at Trinity (CT)
W 21–14[6]
November 7Norwich
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
W 14–10[7]
November 14at Middlebury
W 18–7[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Rhode Island Rams crush Vermont, 70–13". The Hartford Courant. September 27, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Scarlet wins 27–20 in '42 season opener". The Sunday Times. October 4, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cats eye Union club after first triumph". Burlington Daily News. October 12, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Adroit Union attack trips Vermont, 26–12". Democrat and Chronicle. October 18, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Vermont squanders early advantage but beats Trinity with last-period score". The Hartford Courant. November 1, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "UVM sets sights on Midd ofter scoring upset over Norwich". Burlington Daily News. November 9, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vermont clinches state college title, beating Middlebury 18–7". Rutland Daily Herald. November 16, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.