1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team

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ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 13 (APS)
Record4–4–1
Headcoach
1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 13 (APS)
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Seasons
 1941
1943 
1942 military service football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Second Air Force  1101
No. 9 Manhattan Beach Coast Guard  601
No. 17 March Field  1120
No. 3 Georgia Pre-Flight  711
No. 4 North Carolina Pre-Flight  821
No. 6 Jacksonville NAS  930
No. 1 Great Lakes Navy  831
No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight  731
No. 15 Fort Riley  630
No. 14 Fort Monmouth  522
No. 5 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight  631
No. T–20 Fort Douglas  530
No. 10 Corpus Christi NAS  431
No. 16 Camp Davis  432
Albuquerque AAB  540
No. 13 Lakehurst NAS  441
Santa Ana AAB  440
Will Rogers AB  440
No. 7 Camp Grant  450
No. 8 Pensacola NAS  351
No. T–18 Fort Totten  351
Camp Pickett  160
No. 12 Fort Knox  260
Alameda Coast Guard  171
No. T–18 Spence Field  040
No. T–20 Daniel Field  060
Rankings from AP Service Poll

The 1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team represented the United States Navy's Lakehurst Naval Air Station (Lakehurst NAS) during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 4–4–1 record. The team's head coach was Mal Elward, who served as the head football coach at Purdue prior to the war. Elward's assistant coaches were Art Kahler, Alex Yunevich, Joe Conroy, and Gates Kimball.[1][2]

The team was made up of college and professional football players who were serving in the Navy and stationed at Lakehurst NAS. Key players included: halfback Jack Banta who played for the Washington Redskins in 1941; fullback Paul Spencer of Alabama; Johnny Doolan of Georgetown; end Paul Boroff of NYU; Brud Harper of Princeton; and Francis Vedery of Williams College.

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