1942 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

1942 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Ohio State	Paul Brown	#1	#1	9–1	5–1	33.7	11.4	Charles Csuri

2	Wisconsin	Harry Stuhldreher	#3	#2	8–1–1	4–1	14.9	6.8	Dave Schreiner

3 (tie)	Michigan	Fritz Crisler	#9	#3	7–3	3–2	22.1	13.4	Al Wistert

3 (tie)	Illinois	Ray Eliot	NR	NR	6–4	3–2	22.7	12.6	Elmer Engel

5 (tie)	Indiana	Bo McMillin	NR	NR	7–3	2–2	25.6	7.9	Lou Saban

5 (tie)	Iowa	Eddie Anderson	NR	#12	6–4	3–3	14.7	13.5	Tom Farmer

5 (tie)	Minnesota	George Hauser	#19	#7	5–4	3–3	16.9	10.1	Dick Wildung

8	Purdue	Elmer Burnham	NR	NR	1–8	1–4	3.0	19.9	Bill Buffington

9	Northwestern	Pappy Waldorf	NR	NR	1–9	0–6	9.6	20.9	Ed Hirsch

Sentence(s)

In 1942, Ohio State led by head coach Paul Brown, compiled a 9–1, scored 33.7 points per game and was ranked No. 1 in the final AP.

final_sentence: In 1942, Ohio State led by head coach Paul Brown, compiled a 9–1, scored 33.7 points per game and was ranked No. 1 in the final AP.