1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team

1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football
Conference Independent
1942 record 6–3–1
Head coach Tex Oliver (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 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team represented the United States Navy pre-flight school at Saint Mary's College of California during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 210 to 92.[1]

Tex Oliver was the head coach. Two members of the team were named to the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team: Joe Ruetz at right guard and Frankie Albert at quarterback. In addition, Tom Smith (right guard) and Bob Koch (right halfback) were named to the 1942 All-Navy Preflight Cadet All-America team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Pacific (CA)
W 38–9[3]
September 26at Oregon Portland, ORW 10–9
October 3at UCLA
W 18–720,000
October 10vs. Alameda Coast Guard San FranciscoW 40–0
November 8at Santa Ana Field Los AngelesW 59–0
November 14at Washington
T 0–0
November 22vs. No. 14 Santa Clara San FranciscoW 13–6
November 28at No. 12 Stanford
L 13–28
December 5at California
L 6–12
December 19at No. 14 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles
L 13–216,643
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ Grantland Rice (December 27, 1942). "All-Navy All-America". Beatrice Daily Sun. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Russ Newland (September 20, 1942). "Jim Newquist, Bob Koch Star As Oliver's Navy Wins, 38-9". The Register-Guard. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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