1942 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football team

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1942
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10 (APS)
Record4–3–1
Head coach
(1st season)
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 military service football records
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

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.

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Texas
L 0–40[5]
September 26at
Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
    		• L 7–189,000[6]
    October 10Texas A&MCorpus Christi, TXW 18–7[4]
    October 17Ellington FieldCorpus Christi, TXW 75–0[7]
    October 24at SMUDallas, TXL 6–21[8]
    October 31 Pensacola NASCorpus Christi, TXW 18–6[9]
    November 7
    Randolph Field
    		Corpus Christi, TXW 40–0[10]
    November 14at Pensacola NASPensacola, FLT 7–75,000[11]

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