1942 West Virginia Mountaineers football team information
American college football season
1942West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference
Independent
Record
5–4
Head coach
Bill Kern (3rd season)
Captain
Richard McElwee
Home stadium
Mountaineer Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Southern college football independents records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Delaware
–
8
–
0
–
0
Mississippi Southern
–
4
–
0
–
0
Sewanee
–
1
–
0
–
0
Miami (FL)
–
7
–
2
–
0
Delaware State
–
3
–
1
–
1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers
–
4
–
2
–
1
Chattanooga
–
7
–
4
–
0
Georgetown
–
5
–
3
–
1
Navy
–
5
–
4
–
0
West Virginia
–
5
–
4
–
0
Western Maryland
–
4
–
4
–
1
Tennessee Tech
–
3
–
4
–
2
Virginia
–
2
–
6
–
1
Roanoke
–
1
–
5
–
1
The 1942 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach Bill Kern, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 119 to 91.[1][2] Richard McElwee was the team captain.[3]
West Virginia was ranked at No. 63 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[4]
The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.
^"1942 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
^"2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. p. 176.
^2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
^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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