1942_Fort_Monmouth_Signalmen_football_team

1942 Fort Monmouth Signalmen football
1942 Fort Monmouth Signalmen football
Mythical Second Army Corps Area champions
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 14 (APS)
Record	5–2–2
Head coach	Auggie Bossu (1st season);
Captain	Frank Gnup (quarterback)
Home stadium	Frawley Field
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Fort Monmouth Signalmen football team

American college football season

The 1942 Fort Monmouth Signalmen football team represented Fort Monmouth during the 1942 college football season. The Signalmen compiled a 5–2–2 record, outscored their opponents by a total of 132 to 62, and shut out four opponents, on their way to capturing the mythical Second Army Corps area service crown with wins over Fort Totten and Camp Upton, along with a tie against Manhattan Beach. They would be ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press post-season poll for service academies.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		Philadelphia Defense	Frawley Field Camp Wood, NJ	Cancelled	4,000	^[2]
September 26		at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–39	6,000	^[3]
October 4	2:30 p.m.	Scranton	Frawley Field Camp Wood, NJ	W 13–0		^[4]^[5]
October 10		at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 3–7		^[6]
October 18	2:30 p.m.	Manhattan Beach Coast Guard	Frawley Field Camp Wood, NJ	T 14–14	5,000	^[7]^[8]
October 24		at Army plebes (freshmen)	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 13–2	1,000	^[9]
November 1	2:30 p.m.	Camp Upton	Frawley Field Camp Wood, NJ	W 32–0	7,000?	^[10]^[11]
November 8	2:30 p.m.	Lancaster Presidents	Frawley Field Camp Wood, NJ	W 46–0		^[12]^[13]
November 14		at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	T 0–0	3,000	^[14]
November 22		Camp Kilmer	Frawley Field Camp Wood, NJ	Cancelled		^[15]
November 29		Fort Totten	Frawley Field Camp Wood, NJ (Second corps area championship)	W 6–0		^[16]

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v t e	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. 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