1942 Albuquerque Army Air Base Flying Kellys football team

1942 Albuquerque Army Air Base Flying Kellys football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumHilltop Stadium
Seasons
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 Albuquerque Army Air Base Base Flying Kellys football team, sometimes known as the Flying Colin Kellys,[1] represented Albuquerque Army Air Base (Albuquerque AAB), located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the 1942 college football season. The Flying Kellys compiled a 5–4 record, not including an October 30 intra-squad game in which the starters defeated the substitutes.[2] Captain Ted Shipkey (head coach at New Mexico before the war) was the head coach, and Ted Wright was the assistant coach.[3] Wright served as acting head coach against Arizona State due to an injury to Shipkey.[4]

The team utilized the "accordion shuffle shift" offense that Shipkey had developed during his tenure as head coach with the New Mexico Lobos.[5]

The team was named after Colin Kelly, an Army aviator who was killed when his B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down in combat on December 10, 1941.[6][7] The Air Base also adopted a New Mexico mountain burro as its mascot.[8]

  1. ^ "Lobos, Air Base Gear Up Practice: Army Squad's First Scrimmage Today". Albuquerque Journal. September 9, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Testimonial Dinner For Kellys Today". Albuquerque Journal. December 4, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kellys to Play Each Other After Vain Hunt for Foes". Albuquerque Journal. October 28, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Flying Kellys Leave Today For Tempe Homecoming Tilt". Albuquerque Journal. November 20, 1942. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference shift was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Mrs. Colin Kelly to Be Invited To Army Benefit Game here Between Air Base, Pen Nine". Albuquerque Journal. July 12, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yip! Yip! It's Still the Army". Albuquerque Journal. September 13, 1942. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Air Base Plans Parade, Rally On Eve of Lobo-Kelly Clash". Albuquerque Journal. September 17, 1942. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.