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1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team

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ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 15 (APS)
Record6–3
Headcoach
  • Curry N. Vaughn (1st season)
1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 15 (APS)
Record6–3
Head coach
  • Curry N. Vaughn (1st season)
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 military service football records
Conf.Overall
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

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]

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

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