1942 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1942 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football Independent 3 (APS) 7–1–1 Raymond Wolf 1st Sanford Stadium none The 1942 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team represented the United States Navy pre-flight aviation training school at the University of Georgia during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 183 to 105.1942 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 26, 2018 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-pre-flight/1942-schedule.html The team was ranked No. 3 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation Ashville Citizen-Times December 6, 1942 D2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17922930/great_lakes_is_leading_service_team_of/ Newspapers.com Raymond "Bear" Wolf was the team's head coach. The roster of the 1942 Georgia Pre-Flight team was made up of stars from colleges and NFL teams around the country. Notable players (with their prior team in parentheses) included: Frank Filchock (Washington Redskins), Bob Suffridge (Philadelphia Eagles), Ernie Blandin (Tulane), Jim Poole (New York Giants), Spec Sanders,(New York Yanks), Charlie Timmons (Georgia/Clemson), Allie White (Philadelphia Eagles), Darrell Tully (Detroit Lions), Herschel Ramsey (Philadelphia Eagles), Bob Foxx (Tennessee, 1939 SEC Co-Player of the Year), Noble Doss (Texas), Billy Patterson (Pittsburgh Steelers), Al Piasecky (Duke), Ed Hickerson (Alabama), and Bill Kirchem (Tulane). Two Skycrackers were named to the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team: Jim Poole at left end and Bill Davis at right tackle. In addition, Gordon English (left end) and Francis Crimmins (left guard) were named to the 1942 All-Navy Preflight Cadet All-America team.All-Navy All-America Beatrice Daily Sun Grantland Rice Grantland Rice December 27, 1942 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17985879/all_navy_allamerica/ Newspapers.com Schedule 1942 AP y y September 26 at Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia PA W 14-6 30,000 Airminded Georgia Cadets Beat Penn In Opener, 14-6 The Philadelphia Inquirer September 27, 1942 Sports 1, 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17830544/airminded_georgia_cadets_beat_penn_in/ Newspapers.com October 2 North Carolina Pre-Flight Sanford Stadium Athens, GA T 14-14 7,500 Two Pre-Flight Foes Tie The Des Moines Register October 3, 1942 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17829842/two_preflight_foes_tie_1414/ Newspapers.com October 10 at Duke Duke Stadium Durham, NC W 26-12 7,500 Georgia Cadets Overcome Duke The Philadelphia Inquirer October 11, 1942 38 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17830031/georgia_cadets_overcome_duke/ Newspapers.com October 17 at Pensacola NAS Pensacola, FL W 26-0 4,000 Georgia Fliers Whip Pensacola Arizona Republic October 18, 1942 4-3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17830414/georgia_fliers_whip_pensacola/ Newspapers.com October 24 at LSU Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA L 0-34 15,000 Louisiana State University Eleven Scores Easy Victory Over Georgia Navy Pre-Flight Team The Shreveport Times October 25, 1942 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17830457/louisiana_state_university_eleven/ Newspapers.com October 30 Jacksonville NAS Sanford Stadium Athens, GA W 20-6 7,000 Georgia Pre-Flighters Drub Jacksonville The Tennessean October 31, 1942 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17830504/georgia_preflighters_drub_jacksonville/ Newspapers.com November 7 vs Auburn Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA W 41-14 6,500 Georgia's Naval Pre-Flight Turns Back Auburn, 41-14 The Shreveport Times November 8, 1942 20 November 14 at Tulane Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA W 7-0 18,000 Tulane Falls, 7-0, Before Georgia Pre-Flight Team Monroe (LA) Morning World November 15, 1942 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17833300/tulane_falls_70_before_georgia/ Newspapers.com November 28 at No. 7 Alabama Legion Field Birmingham, AL W 35-19 7,000 Alabama Defeated By Georgia Navy The Palm Beach Post-Times November 29, 1942 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17833418/alabama_defeated_by_georgia_navy/ Newspapers.com Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 117–118 978-1-937943-21-9 References Georgia Pre-Flight Category:Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football seasons Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football