1942 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1942 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Claude Simons Jr., the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 4–5 and a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing tenth in the SEC.

1942 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1942 record4–5 (1–4 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJames Ely, Walter McDonald
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
(capacity: 69,000)
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 –1 –011 –1 –0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 –1 –09 –1 –1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
No. 10 Alabama 4 –2 –08 –3 –0
LSU 3 –2 –07 –3 –0
No. 16 Auburn 3 –3 –06 –4 –1
Vanderbilt 2 –4 –06 –4 –0
Florida 1 –3 –03 –7 –0
Tulane 1 –4 –04 –5 –0
Kentucky 0 –5 –03 –6 –1
Ole Miss 0 –5 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at USC*
W 27–1345,000
October 3Auburn
L 13–27
October 10Rice*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 18–7
October 17at No. 2 Georgia
L 0–40
October 24No. 19 North Carolina*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 29–14
October 31Vanderbilt
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 28–21
November 7Mississippi State
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–7
November 14Georgia Pre-Flight*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–718,000[1]
November 26at LSU
L 6–1830,071
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "Tulane Falls, 7-0, Before Georgia Pre-Flight Team". Monroe (LA) Morning World. November 15, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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