1942_Lakehurst_Naval_Air_Station_Blimps_football_team

1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football
1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 13 (APS)
Record	4–4–1
Head coach	Mal Elward (1st season);
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team

American college football season

The 1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team represented the United States Navy's Lakehurst Naval Air Station (Lakehurst NAS) during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 4–4–1 record. The team's head coach was Mal Elward, who served as the head football coach at Purdue prior to the war. Elward's assistant coaches were Art Kahler, Alex Yunevich, Joe Conroy, and Gates Kimball.^[1]^[2]

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The team was made up of college and professional football players who were serving in the Navy and stationed at Lakehurst NAS. Key players included: halfback Jack Banta who played for the Washington Redskins in 1941; fullback Paul Spencer of Alabama; Johnny Doolan of Georgetown; end Paul Boroff of NYU; Brud Harper of Princeton; and Francis Vedery of Williams College.

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"Delaware Primes Defense For Lakehurst's Notre Dame Shift". Journal-Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 7, 1942. p. 18. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Prall, Bob (September 22, 1943). "Sports Angles; Coach at Lakehurst Tackles Big Job on Gridiron". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey. p. 12. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Princeton Rolls Over Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 20 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 27, 1942. p. 3S – via Newspapers.com.

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"Maryland Scores Twice In First Period To Defeat Lakehurst, 14-0". The Baltimore Sun. October 4, 1942. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Delaware Overpowers Lakehurst Team By 20-7 Score". Wilmington Morning News. October 10, 1942. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Tomcats and Lakehurst Battle To 14-14 Grid Standstill". The Scranton Times. November 2, 1942. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Lakehurst Downs Lafayette Rival By Score Of 14-0". The Sunday News (Lancaster, PA). November 15, 1942. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Lakehurst Blimps Win Over Muhlenberg, 27 to 7". The Sunday Call-Chronicle. November 22, 1942. pp. 13, 15 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Dukes Defeat Lakehurst Fliers, 13-0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1942. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.

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Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 6–20	6,000	^[3]
October 3	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–14		^[4]
October 9	at Delaware	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	L 7–20	7,000	^[5]
October 17	at Albright	Albright Stadium Reading, PA	W 14–0
October 24	at Pennsylvania Military	Chester, PA	W 20–7
November 1	at Scranton	Scranton-Dunmore Stadium Scranton, PA	T 14–14	4,000	^[6]
November 14	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 14–0		^[7]
November 21	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	W 27–7		^[8]
November 25	at Duquesne	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–13	8,083	^[9]

1942_Lakehurst_Naval_Air_Station_Blimps_football_team

1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team

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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