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1942 Michigan State Normal Hurons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
CaptainLowell W. Beach, Charles Nemeth
Home stadiumBriggs Field
Seasons← 19411943 →
1942 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan   –   6 – 0 – 0
Western Michigan   –   5 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   8 – 2 – 0
Dayton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 2
Bowling Green   –   6 – 2 – 1
Ohio   –   5 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wichita   –   5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   4 – 3 – 2
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Xavier   –   4 – 5 – 0
Carthage   –   3 – 4 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wayne   –   1 – 6 – 1
Akron   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1942 college football season. In their 21st season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a 3–3–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 81 to 64. Lowell W. Beach and Charles Nemeth were the team captains. The team played its home games at Briggs Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Michigan State Normal was ranked at No. 334 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at AlmaAlma, MIL 6–14
October 1Hope
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 13–9
October 9Illinois State
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 14–7
October 15at Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)L 0–14
October 23Wayne
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
T 12–12
October 29Hillsdale
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 19–13
November 7at AlbionAlbion, MIL 0–12
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 162, 170. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. "Campus Buildings At a Glance: Walter O. Briggs Field". Eastern Michigan University. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  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.
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