Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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TV- SIUST; v Perhaps the biggest cause of the Cougar downfall could be blamed to the numerous injuries that hung over the ieam like a plague. However, every game was filled with action and thrills as the fighting Sons of Brigham never gave up, even after the cause looked hopeless. To this team must go the title of one of the gamest ever turned out in the Blue and White stadium. Many of the boys played their hearts out trying to do their best with a pulled muscle, a broken rib or a badly sprained ankle.

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1942 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Opponents BYU Sept. 26, Montana U 6 12 Oct. 2, Wyoming U 13 6 Oct. 10, Utah U 6 12 Oct. 24, Fort Douglas 24 13 Oct. 31, Utah State 9 6 Nov. 7, Denver 26 6 Nov. 14, Colorado 40 Nov. 21, Colorado State (Cancelled) After getting off to a good start by upsetting Montana U. in Miss- oula, Montana, the Cougar football team seemed to fall apart at the seams and won only one game af- ter that. However, this one vic- tory was the one in which the 1942 edition of the B. Y. U. football team claimed its fame. The Cougars dropped their open- ing conference game to Wyoming under the arc lights at Provo and came back fighting mad to become the first B.Y.U. team to beat Utah in 2 I years. 17

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The week following the Utah game, B. Y. U. dropped a non-conference game to the Fort Douglas Military Police and this was followed by losses to the Utah Aggies, Denver, and Colorado. The final game with Colorado State was called off, and in the Conference meeting in Salt Lake City in December, this cancellation was considered a half game loss for both the Coloags and the Cougars. B. Y. U ' s final standing was next to the cellar with one win and four and a half losses. . r