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
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 15 (APS)
1942 record	6–3
Head coach	Curry N. Vaughn (1st season)

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. 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

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	vs. Missouri	Central High School Stadium St. Joseph, MO	L 0–31		[3]
September 26	Emporia State	Junction City, KS	W 39–14		[4]
October 3	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS	W 21–7		[5]
October 11	at Creighton	Omaha, NE	L 7–34		[6]
October 16	Missouri "B" team	Fort Riley, KS	W 13–6		[7]
October 24	at Wichita	Wichita, KS	W 6–0	3,000	[8]
November 1	at Wichita Aero Commanders	Lawrence Stadium Wichita, KS	W 10–0		[9]
November 11	Second Air Force	Topeka, KS	L 6–54		[10]
November 26	Kansas Wesleyan		W 39–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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.