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The 1942 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored 148-95 by its opponents. The team captain was Roy Johnson.[1]

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Record3–5–1
Headcoach
CaptainRoy Johnson
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1942 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainRoy Johnson
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
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1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams – 7–1–0
No. 19 Penn State – 6–1–1
No. 8 Boston College – 8–2–0
Buffalo – 6–2–0
Bucknell – 6–2–1
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. T–19 Holy Cross – 5–4–1
Dartmouth – 5–4–0
Brown – 4–4–0
Villanova – 4–4–0
Vermont – 4–3–0
Carnegie Tech – 3–3–0
Boston University – 4–5–0
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
Manhattan – 2–6–0
CCNY – 1–7–1
Rankings from AP Poll
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Cornell was ranked at No. 86 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Lafayette
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 20–16 5,000 [3]
October 3 Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–18 12,000 [4]
October 10 at Army L 8–28 12,000 [5]
October 17 Penn State
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
T 0–0 5,000 [1]
October 24 at No. 20 Syracuse L 7–12 15,000 [6]
October 31 at Columbia L 13–14 21,000 [7]
November 7 at Yale W 13–7 21,000 [8]
November 14 vs. Dartmouth W 21–19 13,000 [9]
November 26 at Penn L 7–34 62,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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