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The 1942 Fort Riley Centaurs football team represented the Cavalry Replacement Training Center at Fort Riley , a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, during the 1942 college football season . The team compiled a 6–3 record, including a victory over Kansas State . Lt. Curry N. Vaughn was the team's head coach.[1]
Fort Riley also garnered attention in the fall of 1942 as the home base of boxer Joe Louis .[2]
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References
^ "Tigers Play Fort Riley Team To Open 1942 Season" . Macon Chronicle-Herald . September 15, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Million Dollars Worth of Talent Is Paraded Free At Ft. Riley Nightly" . The Hutchinson, Kansas, News . December 24, 1942. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fort Riley Smothered By Missouri" . Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal . September 20, 1942. p. Peach 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fort Riley 39, Emporia State 14" . The Hutchinson, Kansas, News-Herald . September 27, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fort Riley 21, K-State 7" . The Hutchinson, Kansas, News Herald . October 4, 1942. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Creighton Crushes Fort Riley, 34-7" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 12, 1942. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Missouri "B" Team Loses to Ft. Riley" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . October 17, 1942. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fort Riley 6; Wichita University 0" . The Hutchinson, Kansas, News-Herald . October 25, 1942. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Wichita Pros Lose" . The Hutchinson, Kansas, News . November 2, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bombers Smash Fort Riley, 54-6" . Arizona Republic . November 12, 1942. p. 2-3 – via Newspapers.com .
Bowl games All-Service 1942 1943 1944 1945