1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

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
1942 record	9–2 (4–1 SEC)
Head coach	William Alexander (23rd season);
Home stadium	Grant Field
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

The 1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1942 college football season. They won the first nine games of the season, before losing its final two games, including a loss in the 1943 Cotton Bowl to Texas.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Auburn		Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 15–0
October 3	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 13–6	20,545
October 10	Chattanooga*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 30–12	12,000	^[2]
October 17	Davidson*	No. 6	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 33–0
October 24	at Navy*	No. 6	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 21–0
October 31	at Duke*	No. 5	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 26–7	24,000
November 7	Kentucky	No. 3	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 47–7	20,000	^[3]
November 14	No. 5 Alabama	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 7–0	32,000
November 21	Florida	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 20–7
November 28	at No. 5 Georgia	No. 2	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 0–34
January 1	vs. No. 18 Texas*	No. 5	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 7–14	36,620
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
^ "Tech easily crushes Chattanooga, 30 to 12". The Atlanta Constitution. October 11, 1942. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tech romps Kentucky 47 to 7". The Atlanta Constitution. November 8, 1942. Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "1942 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".

[2] "Tech easily crushes Chattanooga, 30 to 12". The Atlanta Constitution. October 11, 1942. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[1942KY-3] "Tech romps Kentucky 47 to 7". The Atlanta Constitution. November 8, 1942. Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Venues	Piedmont Park (1899–1901; 1903–1904) Brisbane Park (1902) The Flats (1905–1906, 1912) Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Grant Field (1913–1987) Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Vanderbilt Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game 1990 game at Virginia
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
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