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1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team

The 1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team represented the Pensacola Naval Air Station during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was ranked No. 8 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.[1]

1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 8 (APS)
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAir Station 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 team's head coach was George Clark. The team's roster included Jim Birr, Bill Leckonby George Sauer, Don Clawson, Ben McLeod, and Rep Whalen.[2]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Southeastern Louisiana
W 13–0[3]
October 4Spence Field
  • Air Station Field
  • Pensacola, FL
W 75–0
October 10at Alabama
L 0–278,000–10,000[4][5]
October 17Georgia Pre-FlightPensacola, FLL 0–264,000[6]
October 24 No. 12 TCUPensacola, FLL 0–215,000[7]
October 31at Corpus Christi NASCorpus Christi, TXL 6–18[8]
November 8at Fort BenningFort Benning, GAW 35–715,000[9]
November 14Corpus Christi NASPensacola, FLT 7–75,000[10]
November 21Jacksonville NAS
  • Air Station Field
  • Pensacola, FL
L 0–164,000[11]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation". Ashville Citizen-Times. December 6, 1942. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Pensacola Fliers Football Material Causes Optimism". The Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Daily News. September 19, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Pensacola Navy Beats Southeastern by 13 to 0". The Pensacola News-Journal. September 27, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tide power downs Fliers 27–0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. October 11, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  5. ^ "Alabama Defeats Pensacola Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1942. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Georgia Fliers Whip Pensacola". Arizona Republic. October 18, 1942. p. 4-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Christians Stay Undefeated With 21-to-0 Win Over Pensacola". Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald. October 25, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Alert Comets Whittle Down Pensacola 18-6". Valley Morning Star. November 1, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Pensacola's Goslings Swamp Fort Benning". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. Associated Press. November 9, 1942. p. 13. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Naval Teams Battle to Tie". The Abilene Reporter-News. November 15, 1942. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Jacksonville Sailors Whip Pensacola: McAfee Leads Winners To 16 to 10 Victory". Tampa Sunday Tribune. November 22, 1942. pp. 2–4 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.
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