1942 Colorado A&M Aggies football team

1942 Colorado A&M Aggies football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record4–3 (2–3 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumColorado Field
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Utah + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Denver 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Utah State 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Colorado A&M 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
BYU 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Wyoming 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Colorado A&M Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach Julius Wagner, the Aggies compiled a 4–3 record (2–3 against MSC opponents), finished fifth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 99 to 97.[1][2]

Colorado A&M was ranked at No. 144 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Wyoming
W 10–0
October 3Colorado Mines*
W 27–0
October 10at Denver
L 0–26> 12,800[4]
October 24Coloradodagger
  • Colorado Field
  • Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)
L 7–34
October 31at Utah
L 14–33
November 7Utah State
  • Colorado Field
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 25–0
November 14at Colorado State–Greeley*Greeley, COW 14–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

After the season

NFL draft

The following Aggies were selected in the 1943 NFL draft following the season.[5]

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
18 161 Chet Meada Back Detroit Lions
24 223 Lou Dent Back Brooklyn Dodgers

The following Aggie was selected in the 1944 NFL draft despite Colorado A&M not having a team in 1943.[6]

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
8 70 Roy Clay Back New York Giants

References

  1. ^ "1942 Colorado State Rams Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Colorado State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado State University. 2018. pp. 162, 169. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Albert W. Crumbaugh (October 11, 1942). "Aggies Smothered by Denver Pioneers 26 to 0". Fort Collins Express-Courier. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1943 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "1944 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved June 28, 2024.