| Year: | 1942 |
| Team: | St. Thomas Tommies |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | MIAC |
| Record: | 8–0 |
| Conf Record: | 5–0 |
| Head Coach: | Willie Walsh |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | O'Shaughnessy Field |
| Champion: | MIAC champion |
The 1942 St. Thomas Tommies football team was an American football team that represented the University of St. Thomas of Saint Paul, Minnesota, as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Willie Walsh, the Tommies compiled a perfect 8–0 record (5–0 against MIAC opponents), won the MIAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 153 to 22. On defense, they shut out four of eight opponents and gave up an average of only 2.75 points per game.[1] St. Thomas had additional perfect seasons in 1910, 1913, 1923, 1944, and 1956.[2]
St. Thomas took six of the eleven first-team spots on the 1942 All-MIAC football teams selected by both the United Press and the conference coaches. First-team honors went to the following St. Thomas players: halfback Gene Neitge (UP-1, Coaches-1), fullback Bob Pates (UP-1, Coaches-1), end Dick Jewett (UP-1, Coaches-1), tackle Frank Wambach (UP-1, Coaches-1), guard John Knox (UP-1, Coaches-1), center Gene O'Brien (UP-1, Coaches-1).[3] [4]
The team played its home games at O'Shaugnessy Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota.