1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football | |
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MVC champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Tennessee | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 4 |
1942 record | 10–1 (5–0 MVC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Skelly Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Tulsa $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington University | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Henry Frnka, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 10–0 record (5–0 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents) in the regular season before losing to Tennessee in the 1943 Sugar Bowl.[1] The team was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll.[2] Quarterback Glenn Dobbs was selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, International News Service, Newspaper Enterprise Association, and Newsweek magazine and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | ||
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September 27 | Waco Army Air Field |
| W 84–0 | |||
October 3 | Oklahoma |
| W 23–0 | |||
October 11 | Randolph Field |
| W 68–0 | |||
October 17 | Washington University |
| W 40–0 | |||
October 23 | at Saint Louis | St. Louis | W 41–0 | |||
October 30 | at Drake | No. 15 |
| W 40–0 | ||
November 7 | Oklahoma A&M | No. 12 |
| W 34–6 | ||
November 14 | Baylor | No. 9 |
| W 24–0 | ||
November 21 | at Creighton | No. 6 | Omaha, NE | W 33–19 | ||
November 26 | Arkansas | No. 6 |
| W 40–7 | ||
January 1, 1943 | vs. No. 10 Tennessee | No. 4 |
| L 7–14 | ||
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Rankings[]
The AP released their first poll on October 12. The Golden Hurricane made their first appearance as a ranked team on October 26.
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final | ||||||||||||
AP | Not released | NR | NR | 15 T | 12 | 9 (1) | 6 (2) | 6 (1) | 4 (4) |
References[]
- ^ "Vols make breeze of Tulsa's Golden Hurricane, 14–7". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. January 2, 1943. Retrieved August 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1942 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- 1942 Missouri Valley Conference football season
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane football seasons
- Missouri Valley Conference football champion seasons
- 1942 in sports in Oklahoma
- College football 1940s season stubs