| Year: | 1942 |
| Team: | Davidson Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 2–6–1 |
| Conf Record: | 2–4–1 |
| Head Coach: | Gene McEver |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Stadium: | Richardson Field American Legion Memorial Stadium |
The 1942 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College during the 1942 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Gene McEver, the team compiled an overall record of 2–6–1, with a mark of 2–4–1 in conference play, and finished in 10th place in the SoCon.[1]
Davidson was ranked at No. 118 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]