1942 Fort Douglas MPs football team

1942 Fort Douglas MPs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20 (APS)
Record5–3
Head coach
  • Murray Maughan
1942 military service football records
Conf.Overall
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 Fort Douglas MPs football team represented Fort Douglas during the 1942 college football season. Under the coaching of a former Utah football player, Murray Maughan, the MPs (members of the Military Police Corps) compiled a 5–3 record, although they were outscored by their opponents by a total of 174 to 159. On a December 2 AP Poll for the ranking of service academies, Fort Douglas received a single tenth place vote, good enough to place them at No. 20 alongside Daniel Field and Camp Shelby.