1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team

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1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 15 (APS)
Record6–3
Head coach
  • Curry N. Vaughn (1st season)
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Second Air Force   –   11 – 0 – 1
No. 9 Manhattan Beach Coast Guard   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 17 March Field   –   11 – 2 – 0
No. 3 Georgia Pre-Flight   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 4 North Carolina Pre-Flight   –   8 – 2 – 1
No. 6 Jacksonville NAS   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 1 Great Lakes Navy   –   8 – 3 – 1
No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight   –   7 – 3 – 1
No. 15 Fort Riley   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 14 Fort Monmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
No. 5 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –   6 – 3 – 1
No. T–20 Fort Douglas   –   5 – 3 – 0
No. 10 Corpus Christi NAS   –   4 – 3 – 1
No. 16 Camp Davis   –   4 – 3 – 2
Albuquerque AAB   –   5 – 4 – 0
No. 13 Lakehurst NAS   –   4 – 4 – 1
Santa Ana AAB   –   4 – 4 – 0
Will Rogers AB   –   4 – 4 – 0
No. 7 Camp Grant   –   4 – 5 – 0
No. 8 Pensacola NAS   –   3 – 5 – 1
No. T–18 Fort Totten   –   3 – 5 – 1
Camp Pickett   –   1 – 6 – 0
No. 12 Fort Knox   –   2 – 6 – 0
Alameda Coast Guard   –   1 – 7 – 1
No. T–18 Spence Field   –   0 – 4 – 0
No. T–20 Daniel Field   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Service Poll

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[edit]

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 Creighton
L 7–34[6]
October 16Missouri "B" teamFort Riley, KSW 13–6[7]
October 24at WichitaWichita, KSW 6–03,000[8]
November 1at Wichita Aero Commandos
W 10–0[9]
November 11Second Air ForceTopeka, KSL 6–54[10]
November 26Kansas WesleyanW 39–6

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References[edit]

  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. pp. 2–3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.
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