1942 Daniel Field Eagles football team

The 1942 Daniel Field Eagles football team represented Daniel Field during the 1942 college football season. Coached by Marion Bird, the Eagles compiled at least a 0–6 record, and of the known games were outscored by a total of 12 to 123. Much of Daniel Field's 1942 season is not well recorded, and it is possible, or even probable that the Army Air Field team played an extended schedule as opposed to the one reported throughout the newspapers of the time. In a special Associated Press poll for the rankings of service academy football team's for the 1942 season, Daniel Field received a single vote from the 91 sportswriters present, to result in a tie for No. 20 with Fort Douglas and Camp Shelby.

1942 Daniel Field Eagles football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 20 (APS)
1942 record	0–6
Head coach	Marion Bird[1] (1st season)

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. 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. 17 March Field			–					5	–	2	–	0
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
Albuquerque AB			–					4	–	3	–	0
No. 10 Corpus Christi NAS			–					4	–	3	–	1
No. 16 Camp Davis			–					4	–	3	–	2
No. 13 Lakehurst NAS			–					4	–	4	–	1
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25		South Carolina Freshmen		L 0–42		[2]
October 4	2:30 p.m.	vs. Fort Benning	Doughboy Stadium Columbus, GA	L 0–12	8,000	[3][4][5][6]
October 10?				L		[7]
October 18		at Jacksonville NAS	Mason Field Jacksonville, FL	L 0–55		[8]
November 13	2:30 p.m.	at Presbyterian	Clinton, SC	L 6–27		[9][10][11]
November 21		at Camp Davis	Legion Stadium Wilmington, NC	L 6–21	3,000	[12]

References

1. "Coach To Play Against Ex-Pupil". The Atlanta Constitution. 1942-11-13. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
2. "Football Scores". The Miami Herald. 1942-09-26. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
3. "Jacksonville Navy Blasts Daniel Field". The Atlanta Constitution. 1942-10-19. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
4. "Fort benning". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1942-09-06. p. 34. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
5. "1942 29TH INFANTRY DANIEL FIELD FOOTBALL MILITARY PROGRAM DOUGHBOY STADIUM GA". eBay. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
6. "Fort Benning Gridders Win". The Tampa Tribune. 1942-10-05. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
7. "Jacksonville Navy Blasts Daniel Field". The Atlanta Constitution. 1942-10-19. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
8. "Jacksonville Navy Blasts Daniel Field". The Atlanta Constitution. 1942-10-19. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
9. "Presbyterian Rips Augusta Soldiers". The Atlanta Constitution. 1942-11-14. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
10. "Blue Sox Score 27-6 Victory Over Hard Fighting Daniel Field Team". The Greenville News. 1942-11-14. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
11. "Sox Finish Work For Daniel Field". The Greenville News. 1942-11-13. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
12. "Camp Davis Defeats Augusta Outfit, 21-6". The News and Observer. 1942-11-22. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-07-20.