1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 7–14 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 5
Record	9–2 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach	William Alexander (23rd season);
Captain	Jack A. Marshall
Home stadium	Grant Field
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

The 1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In their 23rd season under head coach William Alexander, the Yellow Jacket won the first nine games of the season, before losing its final two games, including a loss to Texas in the 1943 Cotton Bowl.^[1] They were ranked No. 5 in the AP poll.

APNo. 5

Record9–2 (4–1 SEC)

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1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
No. 2 Georgia $	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 18 Mississippi State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Auburn		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 15–0	12,000	^[2]
October 3	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 13–6	20,545	^[3]
October 10	Chattanooga*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 30–12	12,000	^[4]
October 17	Davidson*	No. 6	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 33–0	10,000	^[5]
October 24	at Navy*	No. 6	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 21–0	20,000	^[6]
October 31	at Duke*	No. 5	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 26–7	24,000	^[7]
November 7	Kentucky	No. 3	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 47–7	20,000	^[8]
November 14	No. 5 Alabama	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 7–0	34,000	^[9]
November 21	Florida	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 20–7	15,000	^[10]
November 28	at No. 5 Georgia	No. 2	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 0–34	45,000	^[11]
January 1	vs. No. 18 Texas*	No. 5	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 7–14	36,620	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	6 (5)	6 (1)	5 (3)	3 (3.83)	2 (14)	2 (13)	2 (50)	5

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