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1942 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football team

1942 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football team

American college football season


The 1942 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football team represented the United States Navy's Naval Air Station Corpus Christi during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3–1 record and was ranked No. 10 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.[1] Corpus Christi played four games against college teams from the Southwest Conference, including conference champion Texas, and four games against other service teams.

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Marty Karow was the head coach. Notable players included: halfback George Franck, who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; end Billy Dewell, who played for the Chicago Cardinals before the war; and end Ed Frutig, who played for Michigan and the Green Bay Packers before the war.[2] Frutig was selected as the right end on the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team.[3]

"Ike" Kepford, who later shot down 17 enemy aircraft to become the Navy's leading flying ace, scored both of the Comets' touchdowns against Texas A&M, one on an interception return and the other on a pass reception.[4]

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References

  1. "Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation". Ashville Citizen-Times. December 6, 1942. p. D2 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Corpus Christi Eleven Seen As Possible Champ". Valley Morning Star. September 15, 1942. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Grantland Rice (December 27, 1942). "All-Navy All-America". Beatrice Daily Sun. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Once-Proud Texas Aggies Humbled By Corpus Christi Comets 18 to 7". Valley Evening Monitor. October 11, 1942. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Longhorns Defeat Naval Air Station". Taylor (TX) Daily Press. September 20, 1942. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Rice Polishes Off Gulf Fliers, 18-7". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. September 27, 1942. p. Peach 2 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Corpus Comets Drub Ellington Field 75-0". Paris (TX) News. October 18, 1942. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Navy Fliers Lost To S.M.U., 21 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1942. p. 2S via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Alert Comets Whittle Down Pensacola 18-6". Valley Morning Star. November 1, 1942. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Corpus Fliers Have Easy Time, 40-0, With Randolph Field Club". Marshall (TX) News Messenger. November 8, 1942. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Naval Teams Battle to Tie". The Abilene Reporter-News. November 15, 1942. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  12. Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.

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