1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football team

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1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
  • Garrett Arbelbide (1st season; first 3 games)
  • Bobby Decker (1st season, final 5 games)
Home stadium Santa Ana Municipal Bowl
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Second Air Force  – 11 –0 –1
No. 9 Manhattan Beach Coast Guard  – 6 –0 –1
No. 17 March Field  – 11 –2 –0
No. 3 Georgia Pre-Flight  – 7 –1 –1
No. 4 North Carolina Pre-Flight  – 8 –2 –1
No. 6 Jacksonville NAS  – 9 –3 –0
No. 1 Great Lakes Navy  – 8 –3 –1
No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight  – 7 –3 –1
No. 15 Fort Riley  – 6 –3 –0
No. 14 Fort Monmouth  – 5 –2 –2
No. 5 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight  – 6 –3 –1
No. T–20 Fort Douglas  – 5 –3 –0
No. 10 Corpus Christi NAS  – 4 –3 –1
No. 16 Camp Davis  – 4 –3 –2
Albuquerque AAB  – 5 –4 –0
No. 13 Lakehurst NAS  – 4 –4 –1
Santa Ana AAB  – 4 –4 –0
Will Rogers AB  – 4 –4 –0
No. 7 Camp Grant  – 4 –5 –0
No. 8 Pensacola NAS  – 3 –5 –1
No. T–18 Fort Totten  – 3 –5 –1
Camp Pickett  – 1 –6 –0
No. 12 Fort Knox  – 2 –6 –0
Alameda Coast Guard  – 1 –7 –1
No. T–18 Spence Field  – 0 –4 –0
No. T–20 Daniel Field  – 0 –6 –0
Rankings from AP Service Poll

The 1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's Santa Ana Army Air Base (Santa Ana AAB or SAAAB), located near Santa Ana, California, during the 1942 college football season. Garrett Arbelbide served as the team's head coach for the first three games of the season. In mid-October, he was succeeded by Lieutenant Bobby Decker, who installed a T formation offense. Marty Brill was an assistant coach for the team. [1] Santa Ana AAB's roster included Homer Beatty, George Bernhardt, Dick Danehe, Dick Horne, Joe Margucci, and Tony Tonelli.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 132:15 p.m.at Hollywood Bears
L 26–345,000 [2] [3] [4] [5]
September 272:15 p.m. Los Angeles Bulldogs
W 19–73,500 [6] [7] [8]
October 102:15 p.m.at Whittier
W 27–13 [9] [10]
October 182:00 p.m.vs. Mather Field
W 7–03,000 [11] [12]
October 242:15 p.m.at Nevada
L 0–3 [13] [14] [15]
October 31at Arizona State
W 40–0 [16] [17]
November 82:00 p.m.vs. Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
L 0–5912,000 [18] [19] [20]
November 152:15 p.m.at Loyola (CA)
  • Gilmore Stadium
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–135,000 [21] [22]

[23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lt. Decker To Coach Air Base". Santa Ana Register . Santa Ana, California. October 13, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved May 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. ↑ Smyser, Bob (September 13, 1942). "Bears Encounter Santa Ana Army Flyers Here Today". Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. p. 11, part II. Retrieved May 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  21. ↑ Smyser, Bob (November 15, 1942). "Loyola Faces Santa Ana Flyers". Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. p. 12, part II. Retrieved May 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  22. ↑ "Fresno State Outclasses Loyola Gridders, 27-6". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 30, 1942. p. II-9. Retrieved February 1, 2017– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  23. ↑ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN   978-1-937943-21-9.
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