1942 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1942 Purdue Boilermakers football
1942 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–8 (1–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Elmer Burnham (1st season);
MVP	Bill Buffington
Captain	Bill Buffington
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

The 1942 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first season under head coach Elmer Burnham, the Boilermakers compiled a 1–8 record, finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 1–4 record against conference opponents, and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 179 to 27.^[1]

Record1–8 (1–4 Big Ten)

Headcoach

MVPBill Buffington

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1942 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Wisconsin	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
No. 9 Michigan	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Minnesota	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Purdue was ranked at No. 74 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Fordham*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 7–14	20,000
October 3	at Vanderbilt*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 0–26	18,000	^[3]
October 10	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 7–6	33,000
October 17	at No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–26	45,943
October 24	No. 7 Wisconsin	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0–13	20,000
October 31	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 7–13
November 7	Great Lakes Navy*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0–42	12,000	^[4]
November 14	at Michigan State*	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 6–19	7,500
November 21	No. 18 Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 0–20	20,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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