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1942 VPI Gobblers football team information


1942 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–2–1 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Sumner D. Tilson & Herbert McEver (1st season)
CaptainBill James
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 William & Mary $ 4 0 0 9 1 1
VPI 5 1 0 7 2 1
Wake Forest 6 1 1 6 2 1
North Carolina 3 1 1 5 2 2
Duke 3 1 1 5 4 1
NC State 3 1 2 4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0 3 6 0
The Citadel 2 2 0 5 2 0
Clemson 2 3 1 3 6 1
Davidson 2 4 1 2 6 1
VMI 2 4 1 3 5 1
George Washington 2 4 0 3 6 0
Maryland 1 2 0 7 2 0
South Carolina 1 4 0 1 7 1
Richmond 1 5 0 3 6 1
Washington and Lee 0 4 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1942 college football season. The team was led by their head coaches Sumner D. Tilson and Herbert McEver and finished with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie (7–2–1).

VPI was ranked at No. 76 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

  1. ^ 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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