1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team

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1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 5 (APS)
1942 record6–3–1
Head coach
Seasons
1943 →
1942 military service football records
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 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. 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. 17 March Field   –   5 – 2 – 0
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 AB   –   5 – 4 – 0
No. 13 Lakehurst NAS   –   4 – 4 – 1
No. 7 Camp Grant   –   4 – 5 – 0
No. 8 Pensacola NAS   –   3 – 5 – 1
No. T–18 Fort Totten   –   3 – 5 – 1
  –   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 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team represented the United States Navy pre-flight school at Saint Mary's College of California during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 210 to 92.[1]

Tex Oliver was the head coach. Two members of the team were named to the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team: Joe Ruetz at right guard and Frankie Albert at quarterback. In addition, Tom Smith (right guard) and Bob Koch (right halfback) were named to the 1942 All-Navy Preflight Cadet All-America team.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Pacific (CA)
  • Baxter Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 38–9[3]
September 26at Oregon Portland, ORW 10–9
October 3at UCLA
W 18–720,000
October 10vs. Alameda Coast Guard San FranciscoW 40–0
November 8at Santa Ana Field Los AngelesW 59–0
November 14at Washington
T 0–0
November 22vs. No. 14 Santa Clara San FranciscoW 13–6
November 28at No. 12 Stanford
L 13–28
December 5at California
L 6–12
December 19at No. 14 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles
L 13–216,643
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Grantland Rice (December 27, 1942). "All-Navy All-America". Beatrice Daily Sun. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Russ Newland (September 20, 1942). "Jim Newquist, Bob Koch Star As Oliver's Navy Wins, 38-9". The Register-Guard. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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