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1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football
1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 5 (APS)
Record	6–3–1
Head coach	Tex Oliver (1st season);
	Seasons 1943 →

1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team

American college football season

The 1942 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils football team represented the United States Navy pre-flight school at Saint Mary's College of California during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 210 to 92.^[1]

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Tex Oliver was the head coach. Two members of the team were named to the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team: Joe Ruetz at right guard and Frankie Albert at quarterback. In addition, Tom Smith (right guard) and Bob Koch (right halfback) were named to the 1942 All-Navy Preflight Cadet All-America team.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Pacific (CA)	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	W 38–9		^[3]
September 26	at Oregon	Portland, OR	W 10–9
October 3	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 18–7	20,000
October 10	vs. Alameda Coast Guard	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 40–0		^[4]
November 8	vs. Santa Ana AAB	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 59–0	12,000	^[5]^[6]^[7]
November 14	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, CA	T 0–0	5,000
November 22	vs. No. 14 Santa Clara	San Francisco, CA	W 13–6	25,000	^[8]
November 28	at No. 12 Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 13–28
December 5	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–12
December 19	at No. 14 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–21	6,643
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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

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