1942 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Ohio State $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#3 Wisconsin	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
#9 Michigan	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
#19 Minnesota	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Week 2: Great Lakes Navy at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Lakes Navy	0	0	0	0	0
• Michigan	0	6	3	0	9

Date: September 26, 1942
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 17,087

Week 2: Michigan State at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mich. St.	0	0	0	0	0
• Michigan	0	0	13	7	20

Date: October 3, 1942
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 39,163

Week 3: Iowa Pre-Flight at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Iowa Pre-Flight	0	13	0	13	26
Michigan	7	7	0	0	14

Date: October 10, 1942
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 34,124

Week 4: Northwestern at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	3	0	13	16
• Michigan	7	14	6	7	34

Date: October 17, 1942
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 32,815

Week 5: Michigan at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	7	0	0	7	14
• Minnesota	0	7	7	7	21

Date: October 24, 1942
Location: Memorial Stadium
Minneapolis, MN
Game attendance: 55,000

Week 6: Illinois at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	0	7	0	7	14
• Michigan	7	7	7	7	28

Date: October 31, 1942
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 33,826

Week 3: Harvard at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	0	0	7	0	7
• Michigan	7	21	0	7	35

Date: November 7, 1942
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 25,534

Week 8: Michigan at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	7	6	19	0	32
Notre Dame	7	7	0	6	20

Date: November 14, 1942
Location: Notre Dame Stadium
South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 57,500

The 1942 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1942 Big Ten Conference football season. The 1942 team compiled a record of 7–3 and was ranked No. 9 in the final Associated Press poll. The team's line that included Albert Wistert, Merv Pregulman, Julius Franks (U-M's first African-American All-American), Elmer Madar, Robert Kolesar, Bill Pritula and Philip Sharpe and was known as the "Seven Oak Posts."

On September 26, 1942, Michigan opened the season against the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team. The Great Lakes team was an all-star team of players serving in the Navy. It included 13 players who had been named All-Americans (Urban Odson and Pete Kmetovic) and some who had been playing in the NFL (Carl Mulleneaux, Rudy Mucha, and Gust Zarnas) before the war. The Ann Arbor News reported that Great Lakes was favored by 35 points. Only 17,087 fans attended the game, making it the smallest crowd at Michigan Stadium since 1931. The game marked the debut of Bob Chappuis, who led the team on a 92-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter. The touchdown came on a pass from Chappuis to Paul White. Michigan added a field goal by Jim Brieske in the third quarter. Michigan shut out the heavily favored Great Lakes team, 9-0.

Michigan's starting lineup against Great Lakes was Madar (left end), Wistert (left tackle), Kolesar (right guard), Pregulman (center), Franks (right guard), Pritula (right tackle), Sharpe (right end), Ceithaml (quarterback), Wise (left halfback), White (right halfback), and Wiese (fullback).

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