1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team

American college football season

1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football

Conference| Independent
Ranking
AP| No. 15 (APS)
Record| 6–3
Head coach|

* Curry N. Vaughn (1st season)

Seasons

← 1941

1943 →

1942 military service football records

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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

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 19| vs. Missouri|

* Central High School Stadium
* St. Joseph, MO

| L 0–31| | [3]
September 26| Emporia State| Junction City, KS| W 39–14| | [4]
October 3| at Kansas State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Manhattan, KS

| W 21–7| | [5]
October 11| at Creighton|

* Creighton Stadium
* Omaha, NE

| L 7–34| | [6]
October 16| Missouri "B" team| Fort Riley, KS| W 13–6| | [7]
October 24| at Wichita| Wichita, KS| W 6–0| 3,000| [8]
November 1| at Wichita Aero Commandos|

* Lawrence Stadium
* Wichita, KS

| W 10–0| | [9]
November 11| Second Air Force| Topeka, KS| L 6–54| | [10]
November 26| Kansas Wesleyan| | W 39–6| |

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## References

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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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World War II military service football teams

Bowl games|

* 1943 Sun Bowl
* 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic

All-Service|

* 1943 All-Service football team
* 1944 All-Service football team

1942|

* Army
* Navy
* Great Lakes Navy (AP Service [APS] No. 1)
* Iowa Pre-Flight (APS No. 2)
* Georgia Pre-Flight (APS No. 3)
* North Carolina Pre-Flight (APS No. 4)
* Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (APS No. 5)
* Jacksonville NAS (APS No. 6)
* Camp Grant (APS No. 7)
* Pensacola NAS (APS No. 8)
* Manhattan Beach Coast Guard (APS No. 9)
* Corpus Christi NAS (APS No. 10)
* Second Air Force (APS No. 11)
* Fort Knox (APS No. 12)
* Lakehurst NAS (APS No. 13)
* Fort Monmouth (APS No. 14)
* Fort Riley (APS No. 15)
* Camp Davis (APS No. 16)
* March Field (APS No. 17)
* Fort Totten (APS T-No. 18)
* Spence Field (APS T-No. 18)
* Daniel Field (APS T-No. 20)
* Fort Douglas (APS T-No. 20)
* Alameda Coast Guard
* Albuquerque AAB
* Santa Ana AAB
* Will Rogers AB

1943|

* Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 2)
* Navy (AP No. 4)
* Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 6)
* Del Monte Pre-Flight (AP No. 8)
* March Field (AP No. 10)
* Army (AP No. 11)
* Bainbridge (AP No. 17)
* 124th Infantry
* 176th Infantry
* 300th Infantry
* Alameda Coast Guard
* Atlantic City NAS
* Blackland AAF
* Bowman Field
* Bryan AAF
* Bunker Hill NAS
* Camp Davis
* Camp Edwards
* Camp Grant
* Camp Gordon
* Camp Kilmer
* Camp Lee
* Camp Lejeune
* Charleston Coast Guard
* Cherry Point Marines
* Curtis Bay Coast Guard
* Daniel Field
* Fort Douglas
* Fort Knox
* Fort Monroe
* Fort Riley
* Fort Sheridan
* Fort Warren
* Georgia Pre-Flight
* Greensboro
* Greenville AAB
* Jacksonville NATTC
* Kearns Field
* Keesler Field
* Kirtland Field
* Lakehurst NAS
* Logan Navy
* Lowry Field
* Lubbock AAF
* Memphis NATTC
* Norfolk Fleet Marines
* Norman NAS
* North Carolina Pre-Flight
* Ottumwa NAS
* Patterson Field
* Pocatello AAB
* Randolph Field
* Richmond AAB
* St. Mary's Pre-Flight
* Salt Lake AAB
* Sampson NTS
* San Diego NTS
* South Plains AAF
* Spokane Air Service
* Ward Island Marines
* Wright Field

1944|

* Army (AP No. 1)
* Randolph Field (AP No. 3)
* Navy (AP No. 4)
* Bainbridge (AP No. 5)
* Iowa Pre-Flight (AP No. 6)
* March Field (AP No. 10)
* Norman NAS (AP No. 13)
* El Toro Marines (AP No. 16)
* Great Lakes Navy (AP No. 17)
* Fort Pierce (AP No. 18)
* Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (AP No. 19)
* Second Air Force (AP No. 20)
* Alameda Coast Guard
* Amarillo AAF
* Atlantic City NAS
* Bergstrom Field
* Blackland AAF
* Bryan AAF
* Bunker Hill NAS
* Camp Beale
* Camp Ellis
* Camp Lee
* Camp Peary
* Chatham Field
* Cherry Point Marines
* Coronado Amphibious
* Daniel Field
* Ellington Field
* Fairfield-Suisun AAB
* Fleet City
* Fort Monroe
* Fort Warren
* Fourth Infantry
* Galveston AAF
* Georgia Pre-Flight
* Hondo AAF
* Jacksonville NAS
* Keesler Field
* Klamath Falls Marine Barracks
* Lincoln AAF
* Lubbock AAF
* Maxwell Field
* Miami NTC
* Minter Field
* North Carolina Pre-Flight
* Olathe NAS
* Ottumwa NAS
* Richmond AAB
* Sampton NTS
* San Diego NTS
* San Francisco Coast Guard
* Selman Field
* South Plains AAF
* Third Air Force
* Third Infantry
* Tonopah AAF

1945|

* Army (AP No. 1)
* Navy (AP No. 3)
* Air Transport Command
* Amarillo AAF
* AAF Training Command
* Albany Navy
* Atlantic City NAS
* Bainbridge
* Barksdale Field
* Bergstrom Field
* Camp Beale
* Camp Blanding
* Camp Detrick
* Camp Lee
* Camp Peary
* Cherry Point Marines
* Dalhart AAF
* Corpus Christi NAS
* Eastern Flying Training Command
* El Toro Marines
* Ellington Field
* Farragut NTS
* First Air Force
* Fleet City
* Fort Benning
* Fort McClellan
* Fort Monroe
* Fort Pierce
* Fort Riley
* Fort Warren
* Fourth Air Force
* Great Bend AAF
* Great Lakes Navy
* Gulfport AAF
* Homestead AAB
* Hondo AAF
* Hutchinson NAS
* Jacksonville NAS
* Kearney AAF
* Keesler Field
* Lake Charles AAF
* Little Creek
* Luke Field
* Miami NAS
* Miami NTC
* Minter Field
* North Camp Hood
* Oceana NAS
* Olathe NAS
* Pensacola NAS
* Personnel Distribution Command
* Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
* San Diego NTS
* Santa Barbara Marines
* Second Air Force
* Selman Field
* South Camp Hood
* Stockton AAF
* Third Air Force
* Williams Field

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