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 1 011 1 0
No. 5 Georgia Tech 4 1 09 2 0
No. 7 Tennessee 4 1 09 1 1
No. 18 Mississippi State 5 2 08 2 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 2 08 3 0
LSU 3 2 07 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 3 3 06 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 06 4 0
Florida 1 3 03 7 0
Tulane 1 4 04 5 0
Kentucky 0 5 03 6 1
Ole Miss 0 5 02 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.