1942 Tulane Green Wave football team

1942 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–5 (1–4 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
  • James Ely
  • Walter McDonald
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
1942 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Georgia $ 6 1 0 11 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 0 9 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 0 9 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 0 8 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 0 8 3 0
LSU 3 2 0 7 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 0 6 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 0 6 4 0
Florida 1 3 0 3 7 0
Tulane 1 4 0 4 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 0 3 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1942 college football season. In its first year under head coach Claude Simons Jr., Tulane compiled a 4–5 record (1–4 in conference games), finished tenth in the SEC, and was outscored by a total of 154 to 121. Tulane was ranked No. 31 in the final Litkenhous Ratings released in December 1942.

Three Tulane players received recognition on the 1942 All-SEC football team: end Marty Comer (AP-2, UP-1); halfback Walter McDonald (AP-2); and halfback Lou Thomas (AP-3).

The Green Wave played its home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.