1942 Daniel Field Eagles football team

The 1942 Daniel Field Eagles football team represented Daniel Field during the 1942 college football season. Coached by Marion Bird, the Eagles compiled at least a 0–6 record, and of the known games were outscored by a total of 12 to 123. Much of Daniel Field's 1942 season is not well recorded, and it is possible, or even probable that the Army Air Field team played an extended schedule as opposed to the one reported throughout the newspapers of the time. In a special Associated Press poll for the rankings of service academy football team's for the 1942 season, Daniel Field received a single vote from the 91 sportswriters present, to result in a tie for No. 20 with Fort Douglas and Camp Shelby.

1942 Daniel Field Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20 (APS)
Record0–6
Head coach
  • Marion Bird[1] (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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25South Carolina freshmenL 0–42[2]
October 42:30 p.m.at Fort Benning
L 0–128,000[3][4][5]
October 10?L [6]
October 18at Jacksonville NAS
L 0–55[7]
November 132:30 p.m.at PresbyterianClinton, SCL 6–27[8][9][10]
November 21at Camp Davis
L 6–213,000[11]

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References
  1. "Coach To Play Against Ex-Pupil". The Atlanta Constitution. November 13, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  2. "Football Scores". The Miami Herald. September 26, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  3. "Jacksonville Navy Blasts Daniel Field". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 1942. p. 17. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. "Fort Benning". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 6, 1942. p. 34. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. "Fort Benning Gridders Win". The Tampa Tribune. October 5, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. "Jacksonville Navy Blasts Daniel Field". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 1942. p. 17. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  7. "Jacksonville Navy Blasts Daniel Field". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 1942. p. 17. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  8. "Presbyterian Rips Augusta Soldiers". The Atlanta Constitution. November 14, 1942. p. 13. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  9. "Blue Sox Score 27-6 Victory Over Hard Fighting Daniel Field Team". The Greenville News. November 14, 1942. p. 7. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  10. "Sox Finish Work For Daniel Field". The Greenville News. November 13, 1942. p. 21. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  11. "Camp Davis Defeats Augusta Outfit, 21-6". The News and Observer. November 22, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  12. Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.


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