1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team

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]

1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 15 (APS)
Record6–3
Head coach
  • Curry N. Vaughn (1st season)
1942 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Fort Riley also garnered attention in the fall of 1942 as the home base of boxer Joe Louis.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19vs. Missouri
L 0–31[3]
September 26Emporia StateJunction City, KSW 39–14[4]
October 3at Kansas State
W 21–7[5]
October 11at Creighton
L 7–34[6]
October 16Missouri "B" teamFort Riley, KSW 13–6[7]
October 24at WichitaWichita, KSW 6–03,000[8]
November 1at Wichita Aero Commandos
W 10–0[9]
November 11Second Air ForceTopeka, KSL 6–54[10]
November 26Kansas WesleyanW 39–6

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References
  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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