1942 Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fliers football team

1942 Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fliers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 6 (APS)
Record9–3
Head coach
Home stadiumMason Field
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 Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fliers football team represented the Jacksonville Naval Air Station during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 9–3 record and outscored opponents 232 to 76.[1] The team was ranked No. 6 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.[2]

The team's head coach was Hobbs Adams, who coached at Kansas State before the war. Key players included George McAfee (halfback, Chicago Bears), Ray Terrell (halfback, Ole Miss), George Faust (Minnesota), Bill Borcher (Oregon), Vic Fusia (Manhattan), and Bill Chipley. McAfee was selected as the right halfback on the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team.[3]

  1. ^ "1942 Jacksonville Naval Air Station Flyers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation". Ashville Citizen-Times. December 6, 1942. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Grantland Rice (December 27, 1942). "All-Navy All-America". Beatrice Daily Sun. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.