1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1942 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Ohio State $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Wisconsin	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
No. 9 Michigan	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Minnesota	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Eddie Anderson's last season during his first stint as head coach for the Hawkeyes, before taking time off to serve in World War II.

Iowa was ranked at No. 26 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Washington University*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 26–7	8,200–10,000	^[2]^[3]^[4]
September 26	Nebraska*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 27–0
October 3	Great Lakes Navy*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 0–25	8,600	^[5]
October 10	Camp Grant*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 33–16	9,100	^[6]
October 17	No. 5 Illinois	No. 19	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 7–12	25,600
October 24	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IA	W 14–13
October 31	Purdue		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 13–7
November 7	No. 2 Wisconsin		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 6–0
November 14	at No. 16 Minnesota	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 7–27	33,000
November 28	at No. 9 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 14–28	20,923
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	19	—	—	—	12	—	—	—

^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Claussen, Gene (September 20, 1942). "Hawkeyes Fail to Impress in 26-7 Opener". The Daily Nonpareil. Council Bluffs, Iowa. p. 15. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Smith, J. L. (Dixie) (September 20, 1942). "Sophs Shine As Iowa Crushes Bears, 26 to 7". Waterloo Sunday Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. p. 7. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Smith, J. L. (Dixie) (September 20, 1942). "Hawkeyes Crush Bears as Sophs Take Spotlight (continued)". Waterloo Sunday Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. p. 22. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Bert McGrane (October 4, 1942). "Great Lakes Wilts Iowa, 25-0". The Des Moines Register. pp. 5–1, 5–9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ C. H. Beukema (October 11, 1942). "Camp Grant Is Beaten, 33-16, by Hawkeyes". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1, 2-8 – via Newspapers.com.

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