1942 Louisville Cardinals football
ConferenceKentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record2–3 ( KIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMaxwell Field

The 1942 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) during the 1942 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Laurie Apitz, the Cardinals compiled a 2–3 record.[1]

Louisville was ranked at No. 473 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Louisville did not field a football team in 1943 or 1944 during the height of World War II.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 17Rio GrandeLouisville, KYW 25–0
September 26at CincinnatiL 0–51
October 10at EvansvilleLouisville, KYW 20–0
October 17DePauw
L 6–19[3]
October 24Indiana State
  • Maxwell Field
  • Louisville, KY
L 7–25[4]

References

  1. "2019 Louisville Cardinals Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Louisville. 2019. p. 153. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  3. 18 Oct 1942, Page 52 - The Courier-Journal at Newspapers.com
  4. 25 Oct 1942, Page 52 - The Courier-Journal at Newspapers.com
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