1942_Pensacola_Naval_Air_Station_Goslings_football_team

1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football
1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 8 (APS)
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	George Clark (1st season);
Home stadium	Air Station Field
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team

American college football season

The 1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team represented the Pensacola Naval Air Station during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was ranked No. 8 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.^[1]

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The team's head coach was George Clark. The team's roster included Jim Birr, Bill Leckonby George Sauer, Don Clawson, Ben McLeod, and Rep Whalen.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Southeastern Louisiana	Air Station Field Pensacola, FL	W 13–0		^[3]
October 4	Spence Field	Air Station Field Pensacola, FL	W 75–0
October 10	at Alabama	Murphy High School Stadium Mobile, AL	L 0–27	8,000–10,000	^[4]^[5]
October 17	Georgia Pre-Flight	Pensacola, FL	L 0–26	4,000	^[6]
October 24	No. 12 TCU	Pensacola, FL	L 0–21	5,000	^[7]
October 31	at Corpus Christi NAS	Corpus Christi, TX	L 6–18		^[8]
November 8	at Fort Benning	Fort Benning, GA	W 35–7	15,000	^[9]
November 14	Corpus Christi NAS	Pensacola, FL	T 7–7	5,000	^[10]
November 21	Jacksonville NAS	Air Station Field Pensacola, FL	L 0–16	4,000	^[11]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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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