1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football Independent 13 (APS) 4–4–1 Mal Elward 1st The 1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team represented the United States Navy's Lakehurst Naval Air Station (Lakehurst NAS) during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 4–4–1 record. The team's head coach was Mal Elward, who served as the head football coach at Purdue prior to the war. Elward's assistant coaches were Art Kahler, Alex Yunevich, Joe Conroy, and Gates Kimball. Delaware Primes Defense For Lakehurst's Notre Dame Shift https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal/123518417/ Journal-Every Evening Wilmington, Delaware October 7, 1942 18 April 25, 2023 Newspapers.com Prall Bob Sports Angles; Coach at Lakehurst Tackles Big Job on Gridiron https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press/123517103/ Asbury Park Press Asbury Park, New Jersey September 22, 1943 12 April 25, 2023 Newspapers.com The team was made up of college and professional football players who were serving in the Navy and stationed at Lakehurst NAS. Key players included: halfback Jack Banta who played for the Washington Redskins in 1941; fullback Paul Spencer of Alabama; Johnny Doolan of Georgetown; end Paul Boroff of NYU; Brud Harper of Princeton; and Francis Vedery of Williams College. Schedule y y September 26 at Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 6-20 6,000 Princeton Rolls Over Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 20 to 6 The Philadelphia Inquirer September 27, 1942 3S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48390257/princeton-rolls-over-lakehurst-naval/ Newspapers.com October 3 at Maryland Byrd Stadium College Park, MD L 0-14 Maryland Scores Twice In First Period To Defeat Lakehurst, 14-0 The Baltimore Sun October 4, 1942 Sports 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48392502/maryland-scores-twice-in-first-period/ Newspapers.com October 9 at Delaware Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE L 7-20 7,000 Delaware Overpowers Lakehurst Team By 20-7 Score Wilmington Morning News October 10, 1942 28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48392236/delaware-overpowers-lakehurst-team-by/ Newspapers.com October 17 at 1942 Albright Lions Albright Albright Stadium Reading, PA W 14-0 October 24 at 1942 Pennsylvania Military Cadets Pennsylvania Military Chester, PA W 20-7 November 1 at 1942 Scranton Tomcats Scranton Scranton-Dunmore Stadium Scranton, PA T 14-14 4,000 Tomcats and Lakehurst Battle To 14-14 Grid Standstill The Scranton Times November 2, 1942 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48391129/tomcats-and-lakehurst-battle-to-14-14/ Newspapers.com November 14 at Lafayette Fisher Field Easton, PA W 14-0 Lakehurst Downs Lafayette Rival By Score Of 14-0 The Sunday News (Lancaster, PA) November 15, 1942 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48394196/lakehurst-downs-lafayette-rival-by/ Newspapers.com November 21 at 1942 Muhlenberg Mules Muhlenberg Allentown, PA W 27-7 Lakehurst Blimps Win Over Muhlenberg, 27 to 7 The Sunday Call-Chronicle November 22, 1942 13, 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48393107/lakehurst-blimps-win-over-muhlenberg/ Newspapers.com November 25 at Duquesne Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA L 0-13 8,083 Dukes Defeat Lakehurst Fliers, 13-0 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette November 27, 1942 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48393470/dukes-defeat-lakehurst-fliers-13-0/ Newspapers.com Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 119 978-1-937943-21-9 References Lakehurst Naval Air Station Category:Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football seasons Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football