1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer team

US collegiate soccer team

1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–0–2
Head coach
  • Richard Schmelzer (12th season)
Assistant coachWilliam Gailey (5th season)
Home stadiumAnderson Field
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →

The 1942 RPI Engineers men's soccer team represented the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during the 1942 ISFA season. The team finished with a 5–0–2 record,[1] their first undefeated season since 1922.[2]

Due to World War II, the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA) and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) did not award a formal champion.[3] The 1942 Engineers team was retroactively named the national soccer co-champion by the American Soccer History Archives, along with Princeton, Springfield, and UMass.[4]

Schedule

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Matches
October 3*
 at Hamilton W 6–0  1–0–0
 Love Field
Clinton, NY
October 10*
 at Stevens Tech W 2–1  2–0–0
 St. George Cricket Grounds
Staten Island, NY
October 17*
 at Williams (MA) W 4–0  3–0–0
 Weston Field
Williamstown, MA
October 24*
 Colgate W 4–0  4–0–0
 Anderson Field
Troy, NY
October 31*
 Springfield (MA) T 2–2  4–0–1
 Anderson Field
Troy, NY
November 7*
 at WPI W 1–0  5–0–1
 WPI Alumni Stadium
Worcester, MA
November 14*
 UMass T 1–1  5–0–2
 Anderson Field
Troy, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

  1. ^ "1942 Men's Soccer Schedule". rpiathletics.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Men's Soccer Year-by-Year". rpiathletics.com. October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, May 1, 1908, Image 5". New-York tribune. May 1, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Litterer, David (August 14, 2011). "NCAA College Soccer Championships: College Champions, 1904-1958". American Soccer History Archives. soccerhistoryusa.org. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
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