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The 1942 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 168 to 72.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumFranklin Field
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1942 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin 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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Penn was ranked at No. 22 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Georgia Pre-FlightL 6–1430,000[3]
October 3at Harvard
W 19–720,000[4]
October 10at YaleW 35–6
October 17PrincetonNo. 8
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
T 6–635,000[5]
October 24ColumbiaNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 42–1245,000[6]
October 31 No. 8 ArmyNo. 14
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–0
November 7NavyNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–7
November 14Penn StateNo. 17
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1350,000
November 26Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 34–762,000[7]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Rankings

More information Week, Poll ...
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
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AP8 (5)17т149 (1)17———
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