1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer team

1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer
1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer
ISFA National co-champions (ASHA)
Conference	Independent
Record	5–0–2
Head coach	Richard Schmelzer (12th season);
Assistant coach	William Gailey (5th season)
Home stadium	Anderson Field
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

ConferenceIndependent

Record5–0–2

Headcoach

Richard Schmelzer (12th season)

Assistant coachWilliam Gailey (5th season)

The 1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer team represented the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during the 1942 ISFA season. The team finished with a 5–0–2 record,^[1] their first undefeated season since 1922.^[2]

Due to World War II, the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA) and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) did not award a formal champion.^[3] The 1942 Engineers team was retroactively named the national soccer co-champion by the American Soccer History Archives, along with Princeton, Springfield, and UMass.^[4]

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Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Matches
October 3*	at Hamilton	W 6–0	1–0–0	Love Field Clinton, NY
October 10*	at Stevens Tech	W 2–1	2–0–0	St. George Cricket Grounds Staten Island, NY
October 17*	at Williams (MA)	W 4–0	3–0–0	Weston Field Williamstown, MA
October 24*	Colgate	W 4–0	4–0–0	Anderson Field Troy, NY
October 31*	Springfield (MA)	T 2–2	4–0–1	Anderson Field Troy, NY
November 7*	at WPI	W 1–0	5–0–1	WPI Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA
November 14*	UMass	T 1–1	5–0–2	Anderson Field Troy, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

v t e Men's college soccer national champions (pre-NCAA era)
Pre-regulation (1857–1904)	1858: Princeton (ASHA) 1859: Princeton (ASHA) 1860: Princeton (ASHA) 1861–66: None 1867: Carroll (ASHA, IFRA) 1868: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1869: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1870: Princeton (ASHA) / Rutgers (IFRA) 1871: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1872: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1873: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1874: Stevens Tech (ASHA, IFRA) 1875: Yale (ASHA, IFRA) 1876: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1877: Princeton (ASHA, IFRA) 1878: Vermont (ASHA, IFRA) 1879: SUNY-Upstate (ASHA, IFRA) 1880: Gettysburg (ASHA, IFRA) 1881: Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA) 1882: Washington and Lee (ASHA, IFRA) 1883: Richmond (ASHA, IFRA) 1884: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1885: VMI (ASHA, IFRA) 1886: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1887: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1888: Iowa (ASHA, IFRA) 1889: VMI (ASHA, IFRA) 1890: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1891: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1892: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1893: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1894: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / St. Bonaventure (IFRA) 1895: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / Princeton (IFRA) 1896: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1897: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1898: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1899: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1900: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1901: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1902: Christian Brothers (ASHA) / Haverford (IFRA) 1903: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA) 1904: Christian Brothers (ASHA, IFRA)
ISFL (1905–1926)	1905: Christian Brothers / Haverford 1906: Haverford 1907: Haverford 1908: Haverford / Yale 1909: Columbia 1910: Columbia 1911: Haverford 1912: Yale 1913: Harvard Spring 1914: Harvard Fall 1914: Penn 1915: Haverford 1916: Penn 1917: None awarded 1918: Haverford 1919: Penn 1920: Penn 1921: Princeton 1922: Princeton 1923: Penn 1924: Penn 1925: Princeton 1926: Haverford / Princeton / Penn State
ISFA (1927–1958)	1927: Princeton 1928: Yale 1929: Penn State 1930: Harvard / Penn / Yale 1931: Penn 1932: Penn / Navy 1933: Penn / Penn State 1934: Cornell 1935: Yale 1936: Penn State / Princeton / Syracuse / West Chester 1937: Penn State / Princeton / Springfield 1938: Penn State 1939: Penn State 1940: Penn State / Princeton 1941: Springfield (ASHA) / Rider (ASHA) / Temple (ASHA, NSCAA) / UMass (NSCAA) 1942: Princeton / RPI / Springfield / UMass 1943: RPI / Navy 1944: Navy 1945: Yale (ASHA) / Haverford (ASHA) / Army (NSCAA) / Navy (NSCAA) 1946: Springfield 1947: Maryland (NSCAA) / Springfield (ASHA, ISFA) 1948: Connecticut 1949: San Francisco (SB) / Penn State (SB) 1950: Penn State (SB) / West Chester (ASHA, NSCAA) 1951: Temple (ASHA, SB, NSCAA) / Franklin & Marshall (ISFA) 1952: Franklin & Marshall 1953: Temple 1954: Penn State 1955: Penn State 1956: Trinity 1957: CCNY / Springfield 1958: Drexel
ASHA: American Soccer History Archives IFRA: Intercollegiate Football Record Association ISFA: Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association ISFL: Intercollegiate Soccer Football League NSCAA: National Soccer Coaches Association of America SB: Soccer Bowl

1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer team

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