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{{short description|National Football League team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox NFL season
| team = Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)
| year = 1942
| record = 3–8
| division_place = 4th [[Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69|NFL Eastern]]
| owner = [[Dan Topping]]
| coach = [[Mike Getto]]
| stadium = [[Ebbets Field]]
| playoffs = ''Did not qualify''
| shortnavlink = Dodgers seasons
}}

The '''[[1942 NFL season|1942]] [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] season''' was their 13th in the [[National Football League|league]]. The Dodgers failed to improve on their [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season|previous season]]'s output of 7–4, winning only three games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/bkn/1942.htm|title=1942 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics & Players - Pro-Football-Reference.com|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref> Brooklyn failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season and were shut out in five of their eleven games.

==1942 NFL Draft==
{{main|1942 NFL draft}}
The Dodgers had 20 total selections in the draft. Their first round selection was USC running back [[Bobby Robertson]]. The Dodgers also selected Kansas end [[Ralph Miller]]. Miller would decline to play in the NFL and would eventually go on to a Hall of Fame career coaching college basketball, which he also played at Kansas.

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Brooklyn Dodgers|year=1942|border=2}}"| Week
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Brooklyn Dodgers|year=1942|border=2}}"| Date
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Brooklyn Dodgers|year=1942|border=2}}"| Opponent
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Brooklyn Dodgers|year=1942|border=2}}"| Result
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Brooklyn Dodgers|year=1942|border=2}}"| Record
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Brooklyn Dodgers|year=1942|border=2}}"| Venue
|-
! 1
|colspan="6"| ''[[Bye (sports)|Bye]]''
|-
! 2
|colspan="6"| ''[[Bye (sports)|Bye]]''
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 3
| September 27
| at '''[[1942 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]'''
| '''W''' 35–14
| 1–0
| [[Erie Stadium]]
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 4
| October 4
| at [[1942 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
| '''W''' 28–7
| 2–0
| [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Briggs Stadium]]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 5
| October 11
| '''[[1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]'''
| '''L''' 0–7
| 2–1
| Ebbets Field
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 6
| October 18
| '''[[1942 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]'''
| '''L''' 10–21
| 2–2
| Ebbets Field
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 7
| October 25
| '''[[1942 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]'''
| '''W''' 17–7
| 3–2
| Ebbets Field
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 8
| November 1
| [[1942 Cleveland Rams season|Cleveland Rams]]
| '''L''' 0–17
| 3–3
| Ebbets Field
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 9
| November 8
| [[1942 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
| '''L''' 0–35
| 3–4
| Ebbets Field
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 10
| November 15
| '''[[1942 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]'''
| '''L''' 7–14
| 3–5
| Ebbets Field
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 11
| November 22
| at '''[[1942 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]'''
| '''L''' 3–23
| 3–6
| [[Griffith Stadium]]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 12
| November 29
| at '''[[1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]'''
| '''L''' 0–13
| 3–7
| [[Forbes Field]]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 13
| December 6
| at '''[[1942 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]'''
| '''L''' 0–10
| 3–8
| [[Polo Grounds]]
|-style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Brooklyn Dodgers|year=1942|border=2}}"
|colspan="8"| '''Note:''' Intra-division opponents are in '''bold''' text.
|}

==Standings==
{{1942 NFL Eastern standings}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Brooklyn Dodgers seasons (NFL)}}

{{1942 NFL season by team}}

[[Category:Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) seasons]]
[[Category:1942 NFL season by team|Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)]]
[[Category:1942 in sports in New York City|Brooklyn]]
[[Category:1940s in Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Flatbush, Brooklyn]]

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1942 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season - Revision history

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