1942 Army Cadets football team

The 1942 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 149 to 74. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 14 to 0 score. The Cadets also lost to Penn and Notre Dame.

1942 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Earl Blaik (2nd season)
Captain	Henry Mazur
Home stadium	Michie Stadium

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

Four Army players were honored on the 1942 College Football All-America Team. Tackle Robin Olds was selected as a first-team player by Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly. Tackle Francis E. Merritt was selected as a second-team player by both the Central Press Association (CP) and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Halfback Henry Mazur was selected as a second-team player by the International News Service (INS). End James Kelleher was selected as a third-team player by the Sporting News and NEA.

Army was ranked at No. 28 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3	Lafayette		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 14–0
October 10	Cornell		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 28–8
October 17	at Columbia	No. 18	Baker Field New York, NY	W 34–6
October 24	at Harvard	No. 11	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 14–0
October 31	at Penn	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–19
November 7	vs. No. 4 Notre Dame	No. 19	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 0–13	74,946
November 14	VPI		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 19–7	10,000
November 21	vs. Princeton		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 40–7
November 28	at Navy		Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD (Army–Navy Game)	L 0–14
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
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	18	11	8 (1)	19	—	—	—	—