1942 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Washington University*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 26–7
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	^[1]
October 10	Camp Grant*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 33–16	9,100	^[2]
October 17	No. 5 Illinois	No. 19	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 7–12
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

^ 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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