1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1942
| team = Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| APRank = 8 (APS)
| record = 3–5–1
| head_coach = George Clark
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Air Station Field
}}
{{1942 military service football records}}
The 1942 Pensacola Naval Air Station Goslings football team represented the Pensacola Naval Air Station during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 3–5–1 record and was ranked No. 8 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.{{cite news|title=Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation|newspaper=Ashville Citizen-Times|date=December 6, 1942|page=D2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17922930/great_lakes_is_leading_service_team_of/|via=Newspapers.com}}
The team's head coach was George Clark. The team's roster included Jim Birr, Bill Leckonby George Sauer, Don Clawson, Ben McLeod, and Rep Whalen.{{cite news|title=Pensacola Fliers Football Material Causes Optimism|newspaper=The Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Daily News|date=September 19, 1942|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17957633/pensacola_fliers_football_material/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 26||{{cfb link|year=1942|team=Southeastern Louisiana Lions|title=Southeastern Louisiana}}|Air Station Field|Pensacola, FL|W 13-0||{{cite news|title=Pensacola Navy Beats Southeastern by 13 to 0|newspaper=The Pensacola News-Journal|date=September 27, 1942|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17961116/pensacola_navy_beats_southeastern_by_13/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 4||Spence Field|Air Station Field|Pensacola, FL|W 75-0||
|October 10|at|Alabama|Murphy High School Stadium|Mobile, AL|L 0-27|8,000–10,000|{{cite news |title=Tide power downs Fliers 27–0 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uvU-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=N00MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6442%2C4244243 |publisher=Google News Archives |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |page=8 |date=October 11, 1942 |access-date=June 10, 2012}}{{cite news|title=Alabama Defeats Pensacola Team|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=October 11, 1942|page=38|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17960325/alabama_defeats_pensacola_team/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 17||Georgia Pre-Flight||Pensacola, FL|L 0-26|4,000|{{cite news|title=Georgia Fliers Whip Pensacola|newspaper=Arizona Republic|date=October 18, 1942|page=4-3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17830414/georgia_fliers_whip_pensacola/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 24||No. 12 TCU||Pensacola, FL|L 0-21|5,000|{{cite news|title=Christians Stay Undefeated With 21-to-0 Win Over Pensacola|newspaper=Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald|date=October 25, 1942|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17958015/christians_stay_undefeated_with_21to0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 31|at|Corpus Christi NAS||Corpus Christi, TX|L 6-18||{{cite news|title=Alert Comets Whittle Down Pensacola 18-6|newspaper=Valley Morning Star|date=November 1, 1942|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17958615/alert_comets_whittles_down_pensacola/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8|at|Fort Benning||Fort Benning, GA|W 35-7|15,000|{{cite news |author= |title=Pensacola's Goslings Swamp Fort Benning |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal/123794253/ |newspaper=The Commercial Appeal |location=Memphis, Tennessee |agency=Associated Press |date=November 9, 1942 |page=13 |access-date=April 30, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|November 14||Corpus Christi NAS||Pensacola, FL|T 7-7|5,000|{{cite news|title=Naval Teams Battle to Tie|newspaper=The Abilene Reporter-News|date=November 15, 1942|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17958882/naval_teams_battle_to_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 21||Jacksonville NAS|Air Station Field|Pensacola, FL|L 0-16|4,000|{{cite news|title=Jacksonville Sailors Whip Pensacola: McAfee Leads Winners To 16 to 10 Victory|newspaper=Tampa Sunday Tribune|date=November 22, 1942|pages=2–4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17922700/jacksonville_sailors_whip_pensacola/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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{{cite book |last=Daye |first=John |date=2014 |title=Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football |location=Haworth, New Jersey |publisher=St. Johann Press |page=121 |isbn=978-1-937943-21-9 }}
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