1942 St. Thomas Tommies football
MIAC champion
ConferenceMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record8–0 (5–0 MIAC)
Head coach
  • Willie Walsh (2nd season)
Home stadiumO'Shaughnessy Field
1942 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
St. Thomas (MN) + 5 –0 –08 –0 –0
Concordia (MN) + 3 –0 –16 –0 –1
Saint John's (MN) 4 –1 –14 –1 –1
Hamline 3 –2 –03 –2 –0
Gustavus Adolphus 2 –2 –04 –4 –0
Macalester 2 –3 –04 –4 –0
St. Olaf 2 –3 –02 –4 –1
Saint Mary's (MN) 0 –5 –01 –7 –0
Augsburg 0 –5 –00 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 St. Thomas Tommies football team was an American football team that represented the University of St. Thomas of Saint Paul, Minnesota, as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) during the 1942 college football season. In their second year under head coach Willie "Wee" Walsh, the Tommies compiled a perfect 8–0 record (5–0 against MIAC opponents), won the MIAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 153 to 22. On defense, they shut out four of eight opponents and gave up an average of only 2.75 points per game.[1] St. Thomas had additional perfect seasons in 1910, 1913, 1923, 1944, and 1956.[2]

St. Thomas took six of the eleven first-team spots on the 1942 All-MIAC football teams selected by both the United Press and the conference coaches. First-team honors went to the following St. Thomas players: halfback Gene Neitge (UP-1, Coaches-1), fullback Bob Pates (UP-1, Coaches-1), end Dick Jewett (UP-1, Coaches-1), tackle Frank Wambach (UP-1, Coaches-1), guard John Knox (UP-1, Coaches-1), center Gene O'Brien (UP-1, Coaches-1).[3][4]

The team played its home games at O'Shaugnessy Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Bemidji State*
W 6–0[5]
September 25Macalester
  • O'Shaugnessy Field
  • Saint Paul, MN
W 12–0[6]
October 2Saint Mary's (MN)
  • O'Shaugnessy Field
  • Saint Paul, MN
W 20–6[7]
October 9Gustavus Adolphus
  • O'Shaugnessy Field
  • Saint Paul, MN
W 27–2[8][9]
October 16at St. Ambrose*
W 35–75,000[10]
October 23at St. OlafNorthfield, MNW 28–0[11]
October 30Saint John's (MN)
  • O'Shaugnessy Field
  • Saint Paul, MN
W 18–0[12]
November 8at Loras*Dubuque, IAW 14–7[13]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1942 - Saint Thomas (MN)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Saint Thomas (MN) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Johns Place 3 on UP All-State". The St. Cloud Daily Times. November 13, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "6 Tommies All State". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. November 22, 1942. p. Peach 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "St. Thomas Defeats Bemidji Peds, 6 to 0". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. September 19, 1942. p. Peach 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tommies Out-mud Macalester, 12 to 0". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. September 26, 1942. p. Peach 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Rolf Felstad (October 3, 1942). "Two Tilts Todaay May Bring Threat to Winning Tommies: Walsh's Gridders Continue Win Streak". Minneapolis Star Journal. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tommies Blast Gusties, 27 to 2: Score Third League Win; Pates, Neitge Shine for Victors". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. October 10, 1942. p. Peach 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "2 Tilts Bar Tom Title". Minneapolis Star Journal. October 10, 1942. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "St. Thomas Hands St. Ambrose Worst Grid Defeat in 12 Years". The Daily Times. Davenport, Iowa. October 17, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Toms Jolt St. Olaf, 28-0". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. October 24, 1942. p. Peach 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Coach Benda Hails Title Tommies: Crack Walsh Team Smacks Johnnies, 18-0". Minneapolis Star Journal. October 31, 1942. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Toms Rip Loras in Finale, 14-7". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. November 9, 1942. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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