| Year: | 1942 |
| Team: | Portland Pilots |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 5–2 |
| Head Coach: | Robert L. Mathews |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Stadium: | Multnomah Stadium |
| Next Year: | 1946 |
The 1942 Portland Pilots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Portland as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth and final year under head coach Robert L. Mathews, the team compiled a 5–2 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon.
Players included Larry Beil.
Portland was ranked at No. 119 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]