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The 1942 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. Led by second-year head coach James J. Yeager, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the MSC title with Utah.
1942 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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MSC co-champion | |
Conference | Mountain States Conference |
Record | 7–2 (5–1 MSC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Game captains |
Home stadium | Colorado Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado was ranked at No. 60 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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September 26 | Colorado Mines* | W 54–0 | ||
October 3 | at Missouri* | L 13–26 | ||
October 9 | Utah State |
| W 31–14 | |
October 17 | New Mexico* |
| W 12–0 | |
October 24 | at Colorado A&M | W 34–7 | ||
October 31 | Wyoming |
| W 28–7 | |
November 7 | Utah |
| L 0–13 | |
November 14 | BYU |
| W 48–0 | |
November 26 | at Denver | W 31–6 | [2] | |
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The following Buffalo was selected in the 1943 NFL draft following the season.[6]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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15 | 131 | Dick Woodward | End | Detroit Lions |
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