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

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]

1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 5 (APS)
1942 record6–3–1
Head coach
1942 military service football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Albuquerque AB      4 3 0
No. 10 Corpus Christi NAS      4 3 1
No. 16 Camp Davis      4 3 2
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
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

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)
W 38–9[3]
September 26at Oregon Portland, ORW 10–9
October 3at UCLAW 18–720,000
October 10vs. Alameda Coast Guard San FranciscoW 40–0
November 8at Santa Ana Field Los AngelesW 59–0
November 14at WashingtonT 0–0
November 22vs. No. 14 Santa Clara San FranciscoW 13–6
November 28at No. 12 StanfordL 13–28
December 5at CaliforniaL 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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