1942 Tulane Green Wave football team

1942 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1942 record	4–5 (1–4 SEC)
Head coach	Claude Simons, Jr.
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 69,000)

1942 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Georgia $	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#5 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#7 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
#18 Mississippi State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
#10 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
#16 Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 1942 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 26	at USC Trojans*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–13
October 3	Auburn		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–27
October 10	Rice*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 18–7
October 17	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 0–40
October 24	North Carolina*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 29–14
October 31	Vanderbilt		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 28–21
November 7	Mississippi State		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–7
November 14	Georgia Navy Pre-Flight*		Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 0–7
November 26	at LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 6–18
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP.