1942 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1942 Missouri Tigers football Big Six Conference Big 6 8–3–1 4–0–1 Don Faurot 8th Memorial Stadium Big 6 champion The 1942 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled an 8–3–1 record (4–0–1 against Big 6 opponents), won the Big 6 championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 288 to 107.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/missouri/1942-schedule.html 1942 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 10, 20162014 Mizzou Football Records Book University of Missouri 40 March 23, 2019 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf September 28, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf dead The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The team's leading scorer was Bob Steuber with 121 points, a scoring title that remained a Missouri record for 65 years until Jeff Wolfert scored 130 points in 2007.2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26. Missouri was ranked at No. 29 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2 Twin City Sentinel Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 16, 1942 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/ Newspapers.com During the 1942 season, Don Faurot was the head coach for the eighth of 19 seasons. In June 1943, after a younger brother was reported missing in action in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, the 41-year-old Faurot joined the United States Navy where he was commissioned as a lieutenant. A total of four Faurot brothers served in the military during World War II.Faurot Becomes Navy Lieutenant Monitor-Index and Democrat Moberly, Missouri June 18, 1943 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7399024/faurot_becomes_navy_lieutenant/ Chauncey Simpson, who had been the school's head track coach and a backfield coach for the football team, was appointed to serve as "acting football coach" during Faurot's military service.Chauncey Simpson Appointed New Missouri U. Football Coach St. Louis Star-Times July 19, 1943 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7399073/chauncey_simpson_appointed_new_missouri/ Schedule y y September 19 vs Fort Riley<ncg> Central High School Stadium St. Joseph, MO W 31-0 Fort Riley Smothered By Missouri Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal September 20, 1942 Peach 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17879191/fort_riley_smothered_by_missouri/ Newspapers.com September 26 Saint Louis<ncg> Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO W 38-7 October 3 Colorado<ncg> Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO W 26-13 4,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-missouri-in-romp/171673012/ Omaha World-Herald Missouri in romp October 4, 1942 May 4, 2025 Newspapers.com October 10 at Wisconsin<ncg> Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI L 9-17 October 17 at Kansas State Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS W 46-2 October 24 Iowa State Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry) W 45-6 7,094 October 31 Great Lakes Navy<ncg> Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO L 0-17 16,627 Great Lakes' Individual Play Overcomes Teamwork of Missouri U. and Sailors Win, 17 to 0, Before 16,627 St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 1, 1942 1D, 2D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17887487/great_lakes_individual_play_overcomes/ Newspapers.com November 7 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 26-6 November 14 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry) T 6-6 20,000 November 21 at Fordham<ncg> Polo Grounds New York, NY L 12-20 11,000 November 26 Kansas<hc> Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry) W 42-13 10,000 Missouri Overpowers Kansas in 42-13 Game St. Joseph Gazette Frank Hood November 27, 1942 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115401734/missouri-overpowers-kansas-in-42-13-game/ Newspapers.com December 5 Iowa Pre-Flight<ncg> Ruppert Stadium Kansas City, MO W 7-0 7,600 Steuber and Missouri Down Seahawks, 7-0 St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 6, 1942 1E https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17742322/steuber_and_missouri_down_seahawks_70/ Newspapers.com References Missouri Category:Missouri Tigers football seasons Category:Big Eight Conference football champion seasons Missouri Tigers football