1942 Fort Totten Redlegs football team

The 1942 Fort Totten Redlegs football team represented Fort Totten during the 1942 college football season. The Redlegs compiled a 3–5–1 record, and were ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press post-season poll for service teams.[1][2]There was some debate about Fort Totten's overall record for the 1942, with multiple sources citing the team had five wins and three losses prior to their contest with Fort Monmouth, and one specifying the team with four wins and three losses. However, the accounts must be incorrect, given Totten's confirmed tie against Hartwick College at the beginning of the season, and that most accounts recognize the Fort played eight games before Fort Monmouth, which corroborates with the verified number of games for the season.

1942 Fort Totten Redlegs football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 18 (APS)
1942 record	3–5–1
Head coach	Dan Grody (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 26		at Hartwick	Oneonta, NY	T 6–6	700	[3]
October 3		at Brooklyn	Kingsmen's Field Brooklyn, NY	W 27–7		[4]
October 10		at Holy Cross	Worcester, MA	L 0–60	6,000	[5]
October 18		at Saint Bonaventure	Olean, NY	L 0–7	2,000	[6]
October 25		at Canisius	Buffalo, NY	L 7–14	5,882	[7]
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at CCNY	Lewisohn Stadium New York City, NY	W 51–0		[8][9]
November 8		at Scranton	Scranton Stadium Scranton, PA	L 6–13	2,000	[10]
November 22		at Fort Hamilton	Union City, NJ	W 39–7		[11]
November 29	2:30 p.m.	at Fort Monmouth	Frawley Field Fort Monmouth, NJ (Second corps area championship)	L 0–6		[12][13][14]

References

1. "Fort Totten Grid Team Opens Season Saturday". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1942-09-22. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
2. "Poll Selects Great Lakes As No. 1 Service Eleven". The Salt Lake Tribune. 1942-12-03. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
3. "Hartwick Pass Ties Fort Totten Eleven". Press and Sun-Bulletin. 1942-09-28. p. 19. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
4. "East". The Bangor Daily News. 1942-10-05. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
5. "Crusaders Wallop Fort Totten, 60-0". Scrantonian Tribune. 1942-10-11. p. 25. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
6. "Intercepted Pass Leads To Score In 3rd Period; Stave Off Two Threats". Times Herald. 1942-10-19. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
7. "Fort Totten Bows To Canisius, 14-7". Daily News. 1942-10-26. p. 393. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
8. "C. C. N. Y. Eleven Meets Fort Totten". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1942-11-03. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
9. "Fort Totten Soldiers Win Football Game". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1942-11-04. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
10. "Scoreless Tie broken in 4th". The Wilkes-Barre Record. 1942-11-09. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
11. "Fort hamilton '11' Topped by Totten". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1942-11-23. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
12. "Tryen's 72-Yard Run Wins Service Crown". The Daily Record. 1942-11-30. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
13. "Fort Monmouth opposes Totten". Asbury Park Press. 1942-11-27. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
14. "Final Tilt May Decide Service Championship". The Daily Record. 1942-11-28. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-07-18.