1942 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders football team

1942 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders football
1942 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2–1
Head coach	Elwin W. Midgett (3rd season);
Captain	Emory Davenport, Smith, Bill Burkett
Home stadium	Horace Jones Field
	Seasons ← 1941 1946 →

1942 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Delaware		–		8	–	0	–	0
Mississippi Southern		–		4	–	0	–	0
Sewanee		–		1	–	0	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		7	–	2	–	0
Delaware State		–		3	–	1	–	1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers		–		4	–	2	–	1
Chattanooga		–		7	–	4	–	0
Georgetown		–		5	–	3	–	1
Navy		–		5	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	4	–	0
Western Maryland		–		4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee Tech		–		3	–	4	–	2
Virginia		–		2	–	6	–	1
Roanoke		–		1	–	5	–	1

The 1942 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team represented the Middle Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as Middle Tennessee State University) as an independent during the 1942 college football season. Led by Elwin W. Midgett in his third season as head coach, Middle Tennessee State Teachers compiled a record of 4–2–1. The team's captains were Emory Davenport, Smith, and Bill Burkett.^[1]

Middle Tennessee was ranked at No. 338 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 24	at Memphis State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	W 21–13	^[3]
October 3	Troy State	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN (rivalry)	W 20–0	^[4]
October 9	Camp Forrest	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 26–7
October 22	Maryville (TN)	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 19–13
October 31	at Tampa	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	L 0–13
November 14	at Murray State	Cutchin Stadium Murray, KY	T 14–14
November 25	Tennessee Tech	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN	L 7–25