1942 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1942 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football Independent 10 (APS) 4–3–1 Marty Karow 1st The 1942 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football team represented the United States Navy's Naval Air Station Corpus Christi during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3–1 record and was ranked No. 10 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 Corpus Christi played four games against college teams from the Southwest Conference, including conference champion Texas, and four games against other service teams. Marty Karow was the head coach. Notable players included: halfback George Franck, who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; end Billy Dewell, who played for the Chicago Cardinals before the war; and end Ed Frutig, who played for Michigan and the Green Bay Packers before the war.Corpus Christi Eleven Seen As Possible Champ Valley Morning Star September 15, 1942 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17978521/corpus_christi_eleven_seen_as_possible/ Newspapers.com Frutig was selected as the right end on the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team.All-Navy All-America Beatrice Daily Sun Grantland Rice December 27, 1942 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17985879/all_navy_allamerica/ Newspapers.com "Ike" Kepford, who later shot down 17 enemy aircraft to become the Navy's leading flying ace, scored both of the Comets' touchdowns against Texas A&M, one on an interception return and the other on a pass reception. Schedule y y September 19 at Texas War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX L 0-40 Longhorns Defeat Naval Air Station Taylor (TX) Daily Press September 20, 1942 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17978847/longhorns_defeat_naval_air_station/ Newspapers.com September 26 at Rice Rice Field Houston, TX L 7-18 9,000 Rice Polishes Off Gulf Fliers, 18-7 Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal September 27, 1942 Peach 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17981781/rice_polishes_off_gulf_fliers_187/ Newspapers.com October 10 Texas A&M Corpus Christi, TX W 18-7 Once-Proud Texas Aggies Humbled By Corpus Christi Comets 18 to 7 Valley Evening Monitor October 11, 1942 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17981869/onceproud_texas_aggies_humbled_by/ Newspapers.com October 17 Ellington Field Corpus Christi, TX W 75-0 Corpus Comets Drub Ellington Field 75-0 Paris (TX) News October 18, 1942 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17978600/corpus_comets_drub_ellington_field_750/ Newspapers.com October 24 at SMU Dallas, TX L 6-21 Navy Fliers Lost To S.M.U., 21 to 6 The Philadelphia Inquirer October 25, 1942 2S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17981956/navy_fliers_lose_to_smu_21_to_6/ Newspapers.com October 31 Pensacola NAS Corpus Christi, TX W 18-6 Alert Comets Whittle Down Pensacola 18-6 Valley Morning Star November 1, 1942 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17958615/alert_comets_whittles_down_pensacola/ Newspapers.com November 7 1942 Randolph Field Ramblers Randolph Field Corpus Christi, TX W 40-0 Corpus Fliers Have Easy Time, 40-0, With Randolph Field Club Marshall (TX) News Messenger November 8, 1942 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17978653/corpus_fliers_have_easy_time_400/ Newspapers.com November 14 at Pensacola NAS Pensacola, FL T 7-7 5,000 Naval Teams Battle to Tie The Abilene Reporter-News November 15, 1942 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17958882/naval_teams_battle_to_tie/ Newspapers.com Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 115 978-1-937943-21-9 References Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Category:Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football seasons Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Comets football