1942 Camp Grant Warriors football team

The 1942 Camp Grant Warriors football team represented the United States Army's Camp Grant during the 1942 college football season. In 1942, Camp Grant used for basic training and training of Army medical corpsmen. It was located in the southern outskirts of Rockford, Illinois, approximately 90 miles west of Chicago. The 1942 football team compiled a 4–5 record and was ranked No. 7 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.^[1]

1942 Camp Grant Warriors football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 7 (APS)
Record	4–5
Head coach	Glen Rose (1st season)
Home stadium	Bell Bowl
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 military service football records

v t e	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

Glen Rose, who was the head basketball coach at Arkansas before the war, was the team's head coach. Notable players included Reino Nori (quarterback, Chicago Bears), Sam Goldman (end, Washington Redskins), end Doug Renzel (end, Marquette), and Jim Cary (back, Purdue).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 0–7		^[2]
September 26	Lake Forest		Cancelled		^[3]
October 3	Northern Illinois State	Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL	W 43–0	10,000	^[4]
October 10	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 16–33	9,100	^[5]
October 15	at Bradley	Peoria, IL	W 26–7		^[6]
October 31	Fort Knox	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 20–0		^[7]
November 11	Great Lakes Navy	Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL	L 0–33	8,000	^[8]
November 14	St. Norbert	Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL	W 40–6		^[9]
November 22	at Marquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 0–34	12,000	^[10]
November 28	Illinois	Bell Bowl Camp Grant, IL	L 0–20	5,000	^[11]

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References

1. "Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation". Ashville Citizen-Times. December 6, 1942. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Wilfrid Smith (September 20, 1942). "Wisconsin Beats Camp Grant, 7-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. 2–1, 2–6 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Service Dept". Marshfield News-Herald. September 14, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Huskies Fall Victim to Smashing Warrior Attack: Service Team Is Powerful". The De Kalb Daily Chronicle. October 5, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
5. C. H. Beukema (October 11, 1942). "Camp Grant Is Beaten, 33-16, by Hawkeyes". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1, 2-8 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bradley Tech Beaten, 26 to 7, by Camp Grant". Chicago Tribune. October 16, 1942. p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Edward Prell (November 1, 1942). "Ft. Knox Beaten By Camp Grant by 22 to 0 Score". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Irving Vaughan (November 12, 1942). "Great Lakes Whips Camp Grant Eleven, 33-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. 25, 27 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Knights Blasted at Camp Grant, 40-6, in Season's Final Game". Green Bay Press-Gazette. November 16, 1942. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Marquette Ends Season; Blasts Warriors, 34-0". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1942. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Vaughan, Irving (November 29, 1942). "Illinois Beats Camp Grant by 20 to 0 Margin". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. B2.
12. Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.