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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1942
| team = Appalachian State Mountaineers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Conference Carolinas|North State Conference]]
| short_conf = NSC
| record = 5–2–1
| conf_record = 2–2
| head_coach = [[Beattie Feathers]]
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
| next_year = 1945
}}
{{1942 North State Conference football standings}}
The '''1942 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as [[Appalachian State University]]) as a member of the [[North State Conference]] during the [[1942 college football season]]. In their only year under head coach [[Beattie Feathers]], the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 5–2–1, with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, and finished 2nd in the NSC.

Appalachian State was ranked at No. 168 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the [[Litkenhous Ratings|Litkenhous Difference by Score System]] for 1942.<ref>{{cite news|title=Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2|newspaper=Twin City Sentinel|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 16, 1942|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123106326/litkenhous-rates-georgia-no-1-ohio/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=The Apprentice Builders|title=Apprentice}}
| site_stadium = Apprentice Field
| site_cityst = [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News, VA]]
| score = 16–13
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90205094/apprentices-drop-opener-to-appalachian-g/|work=Daily Press|title=Apprentices drop opener to Appalachian gridders, 16–13|date=September 19, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = t
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1942 Camp Davis Fighting AA's football team|Camp Davis]]
| site_stadium = [[Legion Stadium (North Carolina)|Legion Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington, NC]]
| score = 13–13
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55680545/appalachian-is-held-to-13-13-tie/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Appalachian is held to 13–13 tie|date=October 4, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=High Point Panthers|title=High Point}}
| site_stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Boone, North Carolina|Boone, NC]]
| score = 27–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90205358/boonemen-thrash-high-point-club-easily/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Boonemen thrash High Point club easily, 27 to 0|date=October 11, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=Catawba Indians|title=Catawba}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 0–7
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90205583/catawba-wins-by-70-against-appalachian/|work=The News and Observer|title=Catawba wins by 7–0 against Appalachian|date=October 18, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = High Point
| site_stadium = Albion Millis Stadium
| site_cityst = [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point, NC]]
| score = 44–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90205812/mountaineers-whip-high-point-440/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Mountaineers whip High Point, 44–0|date=November 2, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=Newberry Indians|title=Newberry}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 20–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90205951/lavals-tribe-beaten-200-by-tar-heels/|work=The State|title=Laval's Tribe beaten, 20–0, by Tar Heels|date=November 7, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1942|team=Maryville Scots|title=Maryville (TN)}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Maryville, Tennessee|Maryville, TN]]
| score = 20–7
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90206066/appalachian-wins-20-to-7-over-scots/|work=The Knoxville Journal|title=Appalachian wins 20 to 7 over Scots|date=November 15, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Catawba
| site_stadium = [[Shuford Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury, NC]]
| score = 0–26
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90206216/catawba-tribe-rolls-over-appalachian-clu/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Catawba Tribe rolls over Appalachian club, 26–0|date=November 27, 1942|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Appalachian State Mountaineers football navbox}}

[[Category:1942 North State Conference football season|Appalachian State]]
[[Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons]]
[[Category:1942 in sports in North Carolina|Appalachian State Mountaineers football]]

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