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The 1942 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Cam Henderson, the Thundering Herd compiled a 1–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 118 to 52. Marshall had a record of 0–1 against WVIAC opponents, but did not play enough conference games to qualify for the WVAC standings.[1] Sam Clagg and Paul McCuskey were the team captains.[2]
1942 Marshall Thundering Herd football | |
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Conference | West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 1–7–1 (0–1 WVIAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Sam Clagg, Paul McCuskey |
Home stadium | Fairfield Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morris Harvey $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Liberty State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glenville State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairmont State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Potomac State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethany (WV) * | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall * | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia Tech * | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marshall was ranked at No. 209 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 27 | Morehead State* | T 0–0 | |||
October 3 | at Kentucky Wesleyan* | Owensboro, KY | L 13–19 | ||
October 9 | at Louisiana Tech* |
| L 0–26 | [4] | |
October 17 | Fort Knox* |
| L 6–20 | [5] | |
October 24 | at Toledo* |
| L 0–7 | [6] | |
October 31 | at Dayton* | L 13–20 | 6,500 | [7] | |
November 7 | at Xavier* | L 7–13 | [8] | ||
November 13 | Morris Harvey |
| L 0–6 | ||
November 26 | Bradley* |
| W 13–7 | ||
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