The 1942 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented

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1942 college football season The 1942 college football season was the 74th season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Confere ...

. The Orangemen were led by sixth-year head coach

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. Syracuse was ranked at No. 72 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. The team played its home games at

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Syracuse Orange football seasons

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