| 1942 Saint Louis Billikens football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium |
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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 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 215 to 110.
Saint Louis was ranked at No. 154 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.
The team played its home games at Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | at Missouri* | L 7–38 | ||||||
| October 2 | Missouri Mines* |
| W 14–7 | |||||
| October 10 | at Drake | L 9–19 | ||||||
| October 16 | Miami (FL)* |
| L 6–31 | 7,000 | ||||
| October 23 | Tulsa |
| L 0–41 | 7,990 | ||||
| November 1 | Loyola (LA)* |
| W 20–6 | 6,545 | ||||
| November 8 | Creighton |
| W 21–19 | 6,204 | ||||
| November 14 | at Oklahoma A&M | L 7–54 | ||||||
| November 26 | 2:30 p.m. | Washington University |
| W 26–0 | 13,192 | |||
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References
- "1942 Saint Louis Billikens Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- Gould, James M. (October 17, 1942). "Miami Hurricane Crushes Billikens". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2B. Retrieved January 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- "Billikens Gang Up on Favored Loyola for 20-6 Victory". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 2, 1942. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- James M. Gould (November 9, 1942). "Billikens' 21 to 0 Lead Cut to 2 Points by Beaten Creighton". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- Gould, James M. (November 25, 1942). "17 Players From District to Start Bear-Billiken Game". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 8A. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- Stockton, J. Roy (November 27, 1942). "St. Louis U. Trounces Washington, 26 to 0, to Give Coach Duford His Third Straight Win Over Rivals". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 6C. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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