Florida at Jacksonville Naval Air Station

Saturday, September 19, 1942

Jacksonville Naval Air Station beat Florida 20–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Jacksonville Naval Air Station led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayFlorida3–⁠7 in 1942
7
HomeJacksonville Naval Air Station9–⁠3 in 1942
20

FinalAttendance 8,500

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: herman Again Bernie Has Powerful Outfit at Iowa Cadet School; Wisconsin Shows Defensive Strength

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, September 21, 1942, page 14 (results column)

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    herman Again Bernie Has Powerful Outfit at Iowa Cadet School; Wisconsin Shows Defensive Strength had been said of them, il was a youngster from North Central College, Bob Schatzer. who stole the show. A speedy halfback who can run and pass. he will come in for considerable discussion by the time the Cadets come TO Ann Arbor. With Iowa Cadets turning out a grand team and Great Lakes scheduled to have a top team. don’t be too surprised if these two clubs are chosen for the Rose Bowl or the Sugar Bowl game. Last year Wisconsin had a spec tacular offense. but their defense was woeful weak. Against Camp Grant Saturday the Badgers missed several scoring chances, but held the attack of the War riors in check throughout. They get their big chance this week. end against Notre Dame. IOWA STRONG University of Iowa will make trouble for some of the teams this year the Hawkeyes proved by defeating Washington. 26 to Z Missouri has another fine offenst club, running up 81 points against good Fort Riley club. Texas despite wholesale losses, will b good again. The Texans defeated Corpus Christi Air Station team 40 to O. Georgia, a preseason favorite in the South. had plenty of trouble winning by a single point from Kentucky, Z TO s. George McAfee one of the best football players ir the history of the game. is the handspring Of, the Jacksonville Naval Air Station team that defeated Florida. 20 to 7.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Jacksonville Naval Air Station 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1944Florida 27, Jacksonville Naval Air Station 20
1942Jacksonville Naval Air Station 20, Florida 7

Around this game

Florida

Jacksonville Naval Air Station