1942 Saint Mary's Gaels Football Team
The 1942 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1942 college football season. In their first season under head coach James Phelan, the Gaels compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 135 to 46. Halfbacks Joe Verutti and John Podesto led the 1942 Gaels on offense. Saint Mary's was ranked at No. 67 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. Schedule References {{Saint Mary's Gaels football navbox Saint Mary's Saint Mary's Gaels football seasons Saint Mary's Gaels football : ''For information on all Saint Mary's College of California sports, see Saint Mary's Gaels'' The Saint Mary's Gaels football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California. ...

James Phelan (American Football)
James Michael Phelan (December 5, 1892 – November 14, 1974) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri (1920–1921), Purdue University (1922–1929), the University of Washington (1930–1941), and Saint Mary's College of California (1942–1947), compiling a career college football record of 137–87–14. Phelan also coached the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1948 to 1949 , the N.Y Yanks and Dallas Texans of the National Football League (NFL) in 1951 and 1952, tallying a professional football coaching record of 13-35-2. In addition, he was the head basketball coach at Saint Mary's for two seasons during World War II (1943–1945), where he amassed a record 10–11. Phelan played college football as a quarterback at the University of Notre Dame from 1915 to 1917. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973. Playin ...
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