1942 Fort Knox Armoraiders football team

1942 Fort Knox Armoraiders football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 12 (APS)
Record	2–6
Head coach	Joe Bach (1st season)
Captain	Lopp (tackle)

1942 military service football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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 Fort Knox Armoraiders football team represented Fort Knox during the 1942 college football season. The Armoraiders compiled a 2–6 record against a diverse schedule of major and small colleges, and military service squads. They also played a in a mid-season exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). The team was led by head coach Joe Bach, who had previously coached at Niagara University. On November 15, the Armoraiders faced off against Steelers in a charity game for the USO, marking a rare occasion of a professional football team playing against a non-professional one.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–59	22,555
October 3		Xavier	Cincinnati, OH	L 2–12
October 11	2:00 p.m.	Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–16	18,351
October 17		Marshall	Huntington, WV	W 20–6	3,000
October 31		Camp Grant	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–20
November 7		Iowa Pre-Flight	DuPont Manuel Stadium Louisville, KY	L 7–13	2,000
November 15		Pittsburgh Steelers	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (exhibition)	L 0–28	23,491
November 21		Youngstown	Fort Knox, KY	W 7–0
November 28		Indiana	Louisville, KY	L 0–51
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game