| Year: | 1942 |
| Team: | Utah Redskins |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Mountain States Conference |
| Short Conf: | MSC |
| Record: | 6–3 |
| Conf Record: | 5–1 |
| Head Coach: | Ike Armstrong |
| Hc Year: | 18th |
| Stadium: | Ute Stadium |
| Champion: | MSC co-champion |
The 1942 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. In their 18th season under head coach Ike Armstrong, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 5–1 against conference opponents, sharing the MSC title with Colorado.
Utah was ranked at No. 83 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]
Utah had two players selected in the 1943 NFL draft.[2]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team | |
| Bert Davis | 18 | 165 | |||
| Woody Peterson | 32 | 299 | Chicago Bears |