1942 Camp Grant Warriors football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1942 Camp Grant Warriors football Independent 7 (APS) 4–5 Glen Rose 1st Bell Bowl The 1942 Camp Grant Warriors football team represented the United States Army's Camp Grant during the 1942 college football season. In 1942, Camp Grant used for basic training and training of Army medical corpsmen. It was located in the southern outskirts of Rockford, Illinois, approximately 90 miles west of Chicago. The 1942 football team compiled a 4–5 record and was ranked No. 7 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 Glen Rose, who was the head basketball coach at Arkansas before the war, was the team's head coach. Notable players included Reino Nori (quarterback, Chicago Bears), Sam Goldman (end, Washington Redskins), end Doug Renzel (end, Marquette), and Jim Cary (back, Purdue). Schedule 1942 AP y y September 19 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI L 0-7 Wisconsin Beats Camp Grant, 7-0 Chicago Tribune Wilfrid Smith September 20, 1942 2-1, 2-6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17949196/wisconsin_beats_camp_grant_70/ Newspapers.com September 26 1942 Lake Forest College Lake Forest Cancelled Service Dept. Marshfield News-Herald September 14, 1942 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17954904/service_dept/ Newspapers.com October 3 Northern Illinois State Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL W 43-0 10,000 Solomon Harold Warriors Beat Huskies 43-0 At Bell Bowl https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-star/198497309/ Rockford Morning Star Rockford, Illinois October 4, 1942 30 May 28, 2026 Newspapers.com Huskies Fall Victim to Smashing Warrior Attack: Service Team Is Powerful The De Kalb Daily Chronicle October 5, 1942 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17950169/huskies_fall_victim_to_smashing_warrior/ Newspapers.com October 10 at Iowa Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA L 16-33 9,100 Camp Grant Is Beaten, 33-16, by Hawkeyes Chicago Tribune C. H. Beukema October 11, 1942 2-1, 2-8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17945287/camp_grant_is_beaten_3316_by/ Newspapers.com October 15 at 1942 Bradley Braves Bradley Peoria, IL W 26-7 Bradley Tech Beaten, 26 to 7, by Camp Grant Chicago Tribune October 16, 1942 3-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17949943/bradley_tech_beaten_26_to_7_by_camp/ Newspapers.com October 31 Fort Knox Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL W 20-0 Ft. Knox Beaten By Camp Grant by 22 to 0 Score Chicago Tribune Edward Prell November 1, 1942 2-2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17949506/ft_knox_beaten_by_camp_grant_by_20_to/ Newspapers.com November 11 Great Lakes Navy Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL L 0-33 8,000 Great Lakes Whips Camp Grant Eleven, 33-0 Chicago Tribune November 12, 1942 Irving Vaughan 25, 27 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17890669/great_lakes_whips_camp_grant_eleven/ Newspapers.com November 14 1942 St. Norbert Green Knights St. Norbert Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL W 40-6 Knights Blasted at Camp Grant, 40-6, in Season's Final Game Green Bay Press-Gazette November 16, 1942 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17949789/knights_blasted_at_camp_grant_406_in/ Newspapers.com November 22 at Marquette Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI L 0-34 12,000 Marquette Ends Season; Blasts Warriors, 34-0 Chicago Tribune November 23, 1942 25 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17945092/marquette_ends_season_blasts_warriors/ Newspapers.com November 28 Illinois Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL L 0-20 5,000 Illinois Beats Camp Grant by 20 to 0 Margin Vaughan Irving Chicago Daily Tribune November 29, 1942 B2 Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 115 978-1-937943-21-9 References Camp Grant Category:Camp Grant Warriors football seasons Camp Grant Warriors football