1942 Fort Douglas MPs football team

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.

1942 Fort Douglas MPs football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 20 (APS)
Record5–3
Head coach
  • Murray Maughan
1942 military service football records
ConfOverall
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
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