The 1942 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team was an

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team that represented Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now known as

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) during the

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as a member of the

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(LSC). In their eighth year under head coach

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, the team compiled an overall record of 3–4–1 with a mark of 0–2–1 in conference play. Southwest Texas was ranked at No. 302 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

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