1942 Colorado A&M Aggies football team

American college football season

1942 Colorado A&M Aggies football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record4–3 (2–3 MSC)
Head coach
  • Julius Wagner (1st season)
Home stadiumColorado Field
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Mountain States Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado + 5 1 0 7 2 0
Utah + 5 1 0 6 3 0
Denver 3 2 1 6 3 1
Utah State 2 3 1 6 3 1
Colorado A&M 2 3 0 4 3 0
BYU 1 4 0 2 5 0
Wyoming 1 5 0 3 5 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Colorado A&M Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach Julius Wagner, the Aggies compiled a 4–3 record (2–3 against MSC opponents), finished fifth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 99 to 97.[1][2]

Colorado A&M was ranked at No. 144 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Wyoming
  • Corbett Field
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 10–0
October 3Colorado Mines*
  • Colorado Field
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 27–0
October 10at DenverL 0–26> 12,800[4]
October 24Coloradodagger
  • Colorado Field
  • Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)
L 7–34
October 31at UtahL 14–33
November 7Utah State
  • Colorado Field
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 25–0
November 14at Colorado State–Greeley*Greeley, COW 14–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1942 Colorado State Rams Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Colorado State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado State University. 2018. pp. 162, 169. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Albert W. Crumbaugh (October 11, 1942). "Aggies Smothered by Denver Pioneers 26 to 0". Fort Collins Express-Courier. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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