1942 Ohio Northern Polar Bears football team

American college football season

1942 Ohio Northern Polar Bears football

OAC champion

Conference| Ohio Athletic Conference
Record| 6–1–1 (5–0–1 OAC)
Head coach|

* Millard "Lefty" Murphy (1st season)

Seasons

<- 1941

1943 ->

1942 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Ohio Northern $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
John Carroll | 3  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 3
Oberlin | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Toledo | 1  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Baldwin–Wallace | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Wooster | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Kent State | 1  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Findlay | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Heidelberg | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Wittenberg | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
Kenyon | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Case | 1  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Muskingum | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Capital | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Mount Union | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Ashland | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Otterbein *  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Marietta *  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 0  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* * – did not complete for championship

The 1942 Ohio Northern Polar Bears football team was an American football team that represented Ohio Northern University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1942 college football season. The Polar Bears compiled a 6–1–1 record (5–0–1 against OAC opponents), won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 171 to 25.[1]

Millard "Lefty" Murphy was the head coach. He had been the Ada High School coach one year earlier. Charles Heck and Collins Stackhouse led the team on offense.[2][3]

Ohio Northern was ranked at No. 229 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[4]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 25| at Findlay|

* Donnell Stadium
* Findlay, OH

| W 6–0|
October 3| at Albion*| Albion, MI| L 0–6| [5]
October 10| at Wittenberg| Springfield, OH| T 6–6| [6]
October 17| Capital| Ada, OH| W 32–7| [7]
October 23| vs. Bluffton*| Kenton, OH| W 62–6|
October 31| at Muskingum| New Concord, OH| W 22–0| [8]
November 7| Mount Union| Ada, OH| W 28–0| [9]
November 14| Heidelberg| Ada, OH| W 15–0| [10]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

## References[edit]

1. ^ "History & Records" (PDF). Ohio Northern. Ohio Northern University. 2020. p. 22. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
2. ^ "Bears' Coach Faces First Test Friday". The Dayton Herald. September 24, 1942. p. 23 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "U. C. Eleven Tops Ohio Grid Play: Northern Cops Conference Title". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 16, 1942. p. 23 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Albion Is Victorious Over Ohio Northern". Battle Creek Enquirer. October 4, 1942. p. 11 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Wittenberg 6, O. North. 6". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 11, 1942. p. 34 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Ohio Northern Beats Capital". Dayton Daily News. October 18, 1942. p. 41 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Polar Bears In Tie For Circuit Lead". The Dayton Herald. November 1, 1942. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Polar Bears Take Lead In Conference". The Lima News. November 8, 1942. p. 10 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Polar Bears Champs: Down Heidelberg, 15-0, To Take Ohio Conference Crown". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 15, 1942. p. 29 - via Newspapers.com.

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