The 1942 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College during the 1942 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Gene McEver, the team compiled an overall record of 2–6–1, with a mark of 2–4–1 in conference play, and finished in 10th place in the SoCon.^[1]

Davidson was ranked at No. 118 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	vs. NC State	Legion Stadium Wilmington, NC	T 0–0	10,000	[3]
September 26	vs. Duke	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 0–21	2,500	[4]
October 3	Rollins*	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	L 0–14	5,000	[5]
October 10	at VPI	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–16	4,000	[6][7]
October 17	at No. 6 Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–33	10,000	[8]
October 31	at VMI	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	W 24–6		[9]
November 7	North Carolina	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	L 14–43		[10]
November 14	Washington and Lee	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 21–13	3,000	[11]
November 21	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 9–21		[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game