1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team
| 1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference |
| Record | 3–4 (2–1 LIC) |
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| Home stadium | McNaspy Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Normal $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Louis Whitman, the team compiled a 3–4 record.[1][2]
Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 153 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | at Alabama* | L 0–54 | 7,500 | [4] | |
| October 9 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 35–13 | [5] | ||
| October 16 | Ouachita College* |
| L 0–6 | [6] | |
| October 23 | Camp Beauregard* |
| W 62–0 | [7] | |
| October 30 | Louisiana Tech |
| W 12–7 | [8] | |
| November 6 | Louisiana Normal |
| L 6–11 | [9] | |
| November 21 | at Sam Houston State* |
| L 0–7 | [10] | |
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References
- ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1943. pp. 129–138. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Crimson Tide rolls over scrappy Southwestern La., 54–0 before 7,500 fans". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 26, 1942. Retrieved December 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "S.L.I. Bulldogs win, 35–13, over Southeastern". The Times-Picayune. October 10, 1942. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ouachita conquers SLI by 6–0 count". Fort Smith Times Record. October 17, 1942. Retrieved December 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bulldogs smother Camp Beauregard 62 to 0". The Daily Advertiser. October 24, 1942. Retrieved December 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "S.L.I. defeats Louisiana Tech by score 12 to 7". The Daily Advertiser. October 31, 1942. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana Normal wins over SLI by score 11–6". The Daily Herald. November 7, 1942. Retrieved November 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sam Houston edges Louisiana team, 7–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 22, 1942. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.