1942 Spence Field Fliers football team

The 1942 Spence Field Fliers football team represented Spence Air Base during the 1942 college football season.[1] Under Lieutenant R. I. Roberts, the Fliers compiled at least a 0–4 record, and were outscored by their opponents by at least a total of 134 to 6. A lot of information on the 1942 Spence Army Air Field team is unknown, and there are only scattered primary sources that outline the season and results for the football team. A few games can be verified as cancelled because teams like the 29th Infantry were already fighting in Europe by the time they were scheduled to play the air base, but others are completely unknown. Another game that is yet to be verified by any primary sources was against Jacksonville NAS on December 5th.

1942 Spence Field Fliers football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 18 (APS)
1942 record	0–4
Head coach	R. I. Roberts

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	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 27?	Fort Benning		L 0–7	[2]
October 4	at Pensacola NAS	Air Station Field Pensacola, FL	L 0–75	[3]
October 11	at Jacksonville NAS	Mason Field Jacksonville, FL	L 0–33	[4]
October 18	124th Infantry	Moultrie, GA	Unknown
October 25	at Daniel Field	Augusta, GA	Unknown
November 15	29th Infantry	Moultrie, GA	Cancelled
November 29	124th Infantry	Fort Benning, GA	Canceled
December 5	Jacksonville NAS	Moultrie, GA	L 6–19	[5]
December 6	Daniel Field	Moultrie, GA	Unknown

References

1. "Difficult Schedule Confronts Fliers Who Drop Their First Game To Fort Benning". Southeast Air Corps Training Center News. 1942-10-10. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
2. "Goslimgs Get In Shape For Spence Battle". Pensacola News Journal. 1942-09-30. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
3. "Pensacola Aviators Score 75-0 Win". The Birmingham News. 1942-10-05. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
4. "Jacksonville Stops Spence Field, 33-0". The News and Observer. 1942-10-12. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
5. "1942 Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.