1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football Independent 15 (APS) 6–3 Curry N. Vaughn 1st The 1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team represented the Cavalry Replacement Training Center at Fort Riley, a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record, including a victory over Kansas State. Lt. Curry N. Vaughn was the team's head coach.Tigers Play Fort Riley Team To Open 1942 Season Macon Chronicle-Herald September 15, 1942 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17880294/tigers_plays_fort_riley_team_to_open/ Newspapers.com Fort Riley also garnered attention in the fall of 1942 as the home base of boxer Joe Louis.Million Dollars Worth of Talent Is Paraded Free At Ft. Riley Nightly The Hutchinson, Kansas, News December 24, 1942 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17880996/million_dollars_worth_of_talent_is/ Newspapers.com Schedule 1942 AP y y September 19 vs Missouri Central High School Stadium St. Joseph, MO L 0-31 Fort Riley Smothered By Missouri Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal September 20, 1942 Peach 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17879191/fort_riley_smothered_by_missouri/ Newspapers.com September 26 1942 Emporia State Hornets Emporia State Junction City, KS W 39-14 Fort Riley 39, Emporia State 14 The Hutchinson, Kansas, News-Herald September 27, 1942 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17880097/fort_riley_39_emporia_state_14/ Newspapers.com October 3 at Kansas State Memorial Stadium Manhattan, KS W 21-7 Fort Riley 21, K-State 7 The Hutchinson, Kansas, News Herald October 4, 1942 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17879452/fort_riley_21_kstate_7/ Newspapers.com October 11 at Creighton Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE L 7-34 Creighton Crushes Fort Riley, 34-7 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 12, 1942 26 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7727153/the_philadelphia_inquirer/ Newspapers.com October 16 Missouri "B" team Fort Riley, KS W 13-6 Missouri "B" Team Loses to Ft. Riley St. Louis Post-Dispatch October 17, 1942 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17879953/missouri_b_team_loses_to_ft_riley/ Newspapers.com October 24 at Wichita Wichita, KS W 6-0 3,000 Fort Riley 6; Wichita University 0 The Hutchinson, Kansas, News-Herald October 25, 1942 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17879672/fort_riley_6_wichita_university_0/ Newspapers.com November 1 at Wichita Aero Commandos Lawrence Stadium Wichita, KS W 10-0 Wichita Pros Lose The Hutchinson, Kansas, News November 2, 1942 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17880499/wichita_pros_lose/ Newspapers.com November 11 Second Air Force Topeka, KS L 6-54 Bombers Smash Fort Riley, 54-6 Arizona Republic November 12, 1942 2–3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17806221/bombers_smash_fort_riley_546/ Newspapers.com November 26 1942 Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes Kansas Wesleyan W 39-6 Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 117 978-1-937943-21-9 References Fort Riley Category:Fort Riley Centaurs football seasons Fort Riley Centaurs football