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1942 Creighton Bluejays football team

The 1942 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1942 college football season. In its third season under head coach Maurice H. Palrang, and its final season of intercollegiate football, Creighton compiled a 5–4 record (1–4 against MVC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 127.[1] The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

1942 Creighton Bluejays football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–4 (1–4 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCreighton Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1942 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tulsa $5–0–010–1–0
Oklahoma A&M4–1–06–3–1
Washington University2–3–05–5–0
Saint Louis2–3–04–5–0
Creighton1–4–05–4–0
Drake1–4–03–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final game in program history, Creighton was tied with undefeated Tulsa (ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll) at the end of the third quarter, but lost by a 33–19 score as Tulsa rallied for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.[2]

A subsequent game scheduled for November 29 against Loyola in Los Angeles was cancelled due to wartime travel restrictions.[3]

Creighton was ranked at No. 120 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[4]

In December 1942, Creighton's athletic director, Rev. David A. Shyne, announced that, at the end of the basketball season, the school would suspend its participation in intercollegiate football and basketball for the duration of the war.[5] The football program did not return after the war, as it would become a trend among Catholic universities during the war and immediate post-war years to terminate their football programs. This trend also involved Gonzaga (1941); Providence (1941); Manhattan (1942); Saint Louis (1949); Portland (1949); Saint Mary's (1950);[a] Mount St. Mary's (1950);[6] Niagara (1950);[7] Loyola (1951); San Francisco (1951);[b] St. Bonaventure (1951)[8] and Santa Clara (1952).[c]


Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Colorado Springs Air Base*
W 20–0[9]
October 28:15 p.m.Washington University
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 12–1310,000[10][11][12]
October 11Fort Riley*
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
W 34–7[13]
October 18at Xavier*
W 14–139,500[14]
October 24at Drake
W 33–14[15]
October 31Oklahoma A&Mdagger
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 6–208,000[16]
November 8at Saint Louis
L 19–216,204[17]
November 14Texas Tech*
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
W 13–6[18]
November 21 No. 6 Tulsa
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 19–339,000[2]
November 29at Loyola (CA)Los Angeles, CACancelled[19]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Notes

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  1. ↑ Saint Mary's did make a comeback to football at "College Division" (ancestor of NCAA Division II and III) level between 1959 and 1992, and would play as an independent in NCAA division I-AA (ancestor of today's Football Championship Subdivision) between 1993 and 2003, before dropping football again after 2003.
  2. ↑ San Francisco did make a comeback to football at "College Division" level between 1959 and 1982, but has not fielded a varsity football team since 1983.
  3. ↑ Santa Clara did make a comeback to football at "College Division" level between 1959 and 1992, but has not fielded a varsity football team since 1993.

References

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  1. ↑ "1942 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Bluejays Come Close To Surprising Tulsa". The Lincoln Star. November 22, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Bluejay-Loyola game cancelled". The Lincoln Star. November 22, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Creighton Stops Sports Program for "Duration"". The Columbus (NE) Daily Telegram. December 4, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Mt. St. Mary's Gives Up Football". The Washington Daily News. Washington, D.C. December 14, 1950. p. 82.
  7. ↑ "Eagles To Quit Grid, Bona To Continue". Buffalo Courier-Express. Associated Press. March 7, 1951. p. 20.
  8. ↑ "St. Bonaventure Drops Football". The Ithaca Journal. February 8, 1952. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Air Base Easy As Creighton Boys Victory". The Lincoln Star. September 26, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Wolff, Howard (October 2, 1942). "Gorman Is Back As Bluejay Foe". Evening World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 27. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ↑ Wolff, Howard (October 2, 1942). "Gorman's Bears Test Jay Eleven (continued)". Evening World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. p. 28. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ↑ "Victory For Bears: Tevis Is Hero of Triumph". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 3, 1942. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Bluejays Slap Down Ft. Riley Service Team". The Lincoln Star. October 12, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Dick Forbes (October 19, 1942). "Creighton Edges Xavier Musketeers, 14-13". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Jack North (October 25, 1942). "Speedy Jays Drop Drake, 33-14". The Des Moines Register. p. Sports 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Creighton thrashed". The Beatrice Times. November 1, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ James M. Gould (November 9, 1942). "Billikens' 21 to 0 Lead Cut to 2 Points by Beaten Creighton". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Creighton upsets Texas Tech, 13-7". The Lincoln Star. November 15, 1942. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "Bluejay-Loyola game cancelled". The Lincoln Star. November 22, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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