1942 Fort Douglas MPs football team

1942 Fort Douglas MPs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20 (APS)
Record5–3
Head coach
  • Murray Maughan
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 Douglas MPs football team represented Fort Douglas during the 1942 college football season.[1] Under the coaching of a former Utah football player, Murray Maughan, the MPs (members of the Military Police Corps) compiled a 5–3 record, although they were outscored by their opponents by a total of 174 to 159. On a December 2 AP Poll for the ranking of service academies, Fort Douglas received a single tenth place vote, good enough to place them at No. 20 alongside Daniel Field and Camp Shelby.

  1. ^ "Major Goates Plans Winter Sports At Fort". Deseret News. November 20, 1942. p. 17. Retrieved July 20, 2020.