1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team

1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football
Conference Independent
1942 record 6–3
Head coach Curry N. Vaughn (1st season)
1942 military service football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Second Air Force   –    11 –0 –1
Manhattan Beach Coast Guard   –    6 –0 –1
Georgia Pre-Flight   –    7 –1 –1
North Carolina Pre-Flight   –    8 –2 –1
Jacksonville NAS   –    9 –3 –0
Great Lakes Navy   –    8 –3 –1
March Field   –    5 –2 –0
Iowa Pre-Flight   –    7 –3 –1
Fort Riley   –    6 –3 –0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –    6 –3 –1
Albuquerque AB   –    4 –3 –0
Corpus Christi NAS   –    4 –3 –1
Camp Davis   –    4 –3 –2
Camp Grant   –    4 –5 –0
Penascola NAS   –    3 –5 –1
Camp Pickett   –    1 –6 –0
Alameda Coast Guard   –    1 –7 –1

The 1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team represented the Cavalry Replacement Training Center at Fort Riley, a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record, including a victory over Kansas State. Lt. Curry N. Vaughn was the team's head coach.[1]

Fort Riley also garnered attention in the fall of 1942 as the home base of boxer Joe Louis.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19vs. Missouri
L 0–31[3]
September 26Emporia StateJunction City, KSW 39–14[4]
October 3at Kansas State
W 21–7[5]
October 11at CreightonOmaha, NEL 7–34[6]
October 16Missouri "B" teamFort Riley, KSW 13–6[7]
October 24at WichitaWichita, KSW 6–03,000[8]
November 1at Wichita Aero Commanders
W 10–0[9]
November 11Second Air ForceTopeka, KSL 6–54[10]
November 26Kansas WesleyanW 39–6
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "Tigers Play Fort Riley Team To Open 1942 Season". Macon Chronicle-Herald. September 15, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Million Dollars Worth of Talent Is Paraded Free At Ft. Riley Nightly". The Hutchinson, Kansas, News. December 24, 1942. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Fort Riley Smothered By Missouri". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. September 20, 1942. p. Peach 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Fort Riley 39, Emporia State 14". The Hutchinson, Kansas, News-Herald. September 27, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Fort Riley 21, K-State 7". The Hutchinson, Kansas, News Herald. October 4, 1942. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Creighton Crushes Fort Riley, 34-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 12, 1942. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Missouri "B" Team Loses to Ft. Riley". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 17, 1942. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Fort Riley 6; Wichita University 0". The Hutchinson, Kansas, News-Herald. October 25, 1942. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Wichita Pros Lose". The Hutchinson, Kansas, News. November 2, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Bombers Smash Fort Riley, 54-6". Arizona Republic. November 12, 1942. p. 2-3 – via Newspapers.com.
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