1942 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1942 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was outscored 148-95 by its opponents. The team captain was Roy Johnson.^[1]

1942 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Carl Snavely (7th season)
Captain	Roy Johnson
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	3	–	0
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	3
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	6	–	1
Manhattan			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Cornell was ranked at No. 86 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Lafayette	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 20–16	5,000	[3]
October 3	Colgate	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–18	12,000	[4]
October 10	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 8–28	12,000	[5]
October 17	Penn State	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 0–0	5,000	[1]
October 24	at No. 20 Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 7–12	15,000	[6]
October 31	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 13–14	21,000	[7]
November 7	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 13–7	21,000	[8]
November 14	vs. Dartmouth	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY (rivalry)	W 21–19	13,000	[9]
November 26	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 7–34	62,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game