1942 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1942 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Indians compiled a 5–4 record. Edward Kast was the team captain.[1]

1942 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
1942 record5–4
Head coachTuss McLaughry (2nd season)
CaptainEdward Kast
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
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. 19 Holy Cross   –    5 –4 –1
Dartmouth   –    5 –4 –0
Brown   –    4 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    3 –3 –0
Villanova   –    4 –4 –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
Rankings from AP Poll

Tom Douglas was the team's leading scorer, with 42 points (seven touchdowns).[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 at Holy Cross
W 17–6 25,000 [3]
October 3 Miami (OH)
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 58–7 [1]
October 10 Colgate
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 19–27 10,000 [4]
October 17 at Harvard
W 14–2 26,000 [5]
October 24 at Yale
L 7–17 22,000 [6]
October 31 No. 18 William & Mary
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 14–35 7,000 [7]
November 7 at Princeton
W 19–7 16,000 [8]
November 14 vs. Cornell
L 19–21 13,000 [9]
November 21 at Columbia
W 26–13 10,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. Childs, Kingsley (September 27, 1942). "Dartmouth Sinks Holy Cross, 17-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  4. Childs, Kingsley (October 11, 1942). "Colgate Defeats Dartmouth, 27-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Kelley, Robert F. (October 18, 1942). "Harvard Set Back by Dartmouth, 41-2". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Danzig, Allison (October 25, 1942). "Yale Tops Dartmouth, 17-7; Freshmen Aid Elis". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. "W. and M. Downs Dartmouth, 35-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 1, 1942. p. S3.
  8. Kelley, Robert F. (November 8, 1942). "Wolfe Excels as Indians Triumph over Princeton". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Richardson, William D. (November 15, 1942). "Cornell Conquers Dartmouth, 21-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Richardson, William D. (November 22, 1942). "Dartmouth Defeats Columbia, 26-13; Indians Trip Lions". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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