1942 East Stroudsburg Warriors football team

The 1942 East Stroudsburg Warriors football team was an American football team that represented East Stroudsburg State Teachers College (now known as East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania) as a member of the Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference (PSTCC) during the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Eugene Martin, the Warriors compiled a perfect 6–0 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the PSTC championship, shut out four of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 101 to 13.[1]

1942 East Stroudsburg Warriors football
PSTCC champion
ConferencePennsylvania State Teachers College Conference
Record6–0 (4–0 PSTCC)
Head coach
  • Eugene Martin (1st season)
1942 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East Stroudsburg $ 4 –0 –06 –0 –0
Lock Haven 4 –0 –16 –0 –1
Indiana (PA) 4 –2 –05 –3 –0
Slippery Rock 2 –2 –04 –2 –0
Mansfield 2 –2 –12 –2 –1
West Chester 1 –2 –05 –3 –1
Clarion 1 –2 –01 –3 –0
Edinboro 1 –2 –01 –3 –0
Shippensburg 1 –4 –02 –4 –0
Kutztown 0 –4 –01 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1942 season was one of three perfect seasons in East Stroudsburg's football history, the others being 1965 (10–0) and 1975 (10–0).[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10at ShippensburgShippensburg, PAW 12–01,100[3][4]
October 17KutztownEast Stroudsburg, PAW 14–0[5]
October 24Monclair State*daggerEast Stroudsburg, PAW 24–0[6][7]
October 31at MansfieldMansfield, PAW 12–6
November 14West ChesterEast Stroudsburg, PAW 26–0[8][9]
November 21at Panzer*East Orange, NJW 13–7[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Players

The team's starters, based on the game accounts referenced above, were as follows:

  • Jimmy Clouser, halfback
  • Fedorka, end
  • Gaughan, halfback
  • Johnny Goepfert, fullback[11]
  • Harding, guard
  • Holdredge, halfback
  • Horvat, guard
  • Koval, tackle
  • Pasko, end
  • Ed Rushin/Ruskin, quarterback
  • Robert Shumskis, center[12]
  • Sievers, tackle
  • B. Williams, guard

References
  1. "East Stroudsburg Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  2. "East Stroudsburg Yearly Totals". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  3. "Raiders Are Trimmed By Stroudsburg: Heavy Visiting Squad Piles Up 12-0 Score Here on Saturday Afternoon". The News-Chronicle. Shippensburg, Penn. October 13, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspaper.com.
  4. "Grid Opener Lost By Shippensburg". The Evening News. Harrisburg, Penn. October 12, 1942. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "East Stroudsburg Defeats Kutztown". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 18, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "E. Stroudsburg Teachers Beat Montclair, 24-0: Johnny Goepfert Sparks Team to Decisive Victory Over Jersey Foe". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 25, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "East Stroudsburg Wins Third, 24-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1942. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "E. Stroudsburg Tops W. Chester". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1942. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "E. Stroudsburg Triumphs 26-0 Over W. Chester". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Penn. November 15, 1942. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "E. Stroudsburg, Unbeaten, Tops Panzer, 13-7: Pocono Collegians Register Close Victory To Keep Slate Clean". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Goepfert Stars As Strouders Triumph". Standard-Sentinel. Hazleton, Penn. October 12, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "St. Clair Boy Starts For E. Stroudsburg". Pottsville Evening Republican. October 10, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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