Year: | 1942 |
Team: | SMU Mustangs |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southwest Conference |
Short Conf: | SWC |
Record: | 3–6–2 |
Conf Record: | 1–4–1 |
Head Coach: | Jimmy Stewart |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Clarence Booth, Orville Johnson, Kelly Simpson |
Stadium: | Ownby Stadium |
The 1942 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jimmy Stewart, the Mustangs compiled a 3–6–2 record (1–4–1 against conference opponents) and were outscored by a total of 133 to 126.[1]
SMU was ranked at No. 75 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.