1942 Spence Field Fliers football team

The 1942 Spence Field Fliers football team represented Spence Air Base during the 1942 college football season.[1] Under Lieutenant R. I. Roberts, the Fliers compiled at least a 0–4 record, and were outscored by their opponents by at least a total of 134 to 6. A lot of information on the 1942 Spence Army Air Field team is unknown, and there are only scattered primary sources that outline the season and results for the football team. A few games can be verified as cancelled because teams like the 29th Infantry were already fighting in Europe by the time they were scheduled to play the air base, but others are completely unknown. Another game that is yet to be verified by any primary sources was against Jacksonville NAS on December 5.

1942 Spence Field Fliers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 18 (APS)
Record0–4
Head coach
  • R. I. Roberts
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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27?Fort BenningL 0–7[2]
October 4at Pensacola NAS
L 0–75[3]
October 11at Jacksonville NAS
L 0–33[4]
October 18124th InfantryMoultrie, GAUnknown
October 25at Daniel FieldAugusta, GAUnknown
November 1529th InfantryMoultrie, GACancelled
November 29124th InfantryFort Benning, GACanceled
December 5Jacksonville NASMoultrie, GAL 6–19[5]
December 6Daniel FieldMoultrie, GAUnknown

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References
  1. "Difficult Schedule Confronts Fliers Who Drop Their First Game To Fort Benning". Southeast Air Corps Training Center News. October 10, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  2. "Goslimgs Get In Shape For Spence Battle". Pensacola News Journal. September 30, 1942. p. 2. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. "Pensacola Aviators Score 75-0 Win". The Birmingham News. October 5, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  4. "Jacksonville Stops Spence Field, 33-0". The News and Observer. October 12, 1942. p. 9. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  5. "1942 Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  6. Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.


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