1942 Missouri Valley Vikings football team
| 1942 Missouri Valley Vikings football | |
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MCAU champion | |
| Conference | Missouri College Athletic Union |
| Record | 9–0 (4–0 MCAU) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri Valley $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Jewell | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Culver–Stockton | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central (MO) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarkio | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1942 Missouri Valley Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Missouri Valley College as a member of the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) during the 1942 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Volney Ashford, the Vikings compiled a perfect 9–0 record (4–0 against MCAU teams), won the MCAU championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 391 to 59.[1]
Missouri Valley was ranked at No. 117 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
The season was part of a 41-game winning streak (1941–1942, 1946–1948) that still ranks as the fifth longest in college football history.[note 1] Coach Ashford, who led the team during the streak, was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[3]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Kemper Military School* | Marshall, MO | W 53–6 | |||||
| October 2 | Central Missouri State* | Marshall, MO | W 31–14 | |||||
| October 9 | Culver–Stockton | Marshall, MO | W 39–7 | |||||
| October 16 | at William Jewell | Liberty, MO | W 59–0 | |||||
| October 30 | Central (MO) | Marshall, MO | W 55–13 | |||||
| November 6 | Tarkio | Marshall, MO | W 33–0 | |||||
| November 11 | at Chillicothe Business School* | Chillicothe, MO (Armistice Day) | W 26–12 | |||||
| November 14 | 8:00 p.m. | at Rockhurst* |
| W 33–7 | [4][5] | |||
| November 26 | Central (MO)* | Marshall, MO | W 62–0 | [6] | ||||
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Notes[edit]
- ^ The United States Navy took over the Missouri Valley College during World War II. While the Navy fielded V-12 Navy College Training Program football teams under the Missouri Valley name in 1943 and 1944, the V-12 teams played with different coaches and players, and are not counted as part of the Missouri Valley Vikings football program's record.
References[edit]
- ^ 1942 - Missouri Valley. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Volney Ashford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ "Tough Hawk Goal". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. November 14, 1942. p. 19. Retrieved June 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "End In Victory". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. November 15, 1942. p. 2B. Retrieved June 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Vikings Win, 62-0; End Perfect Season". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. Associated Press. November 27, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved June 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
