The 1942 Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fliers football team represented the

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during the 1942 college football season. The team compiled a 9–3 record and outscored opponents 232 to 76. The team was ranked No. 6 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the

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. The team's head coach was

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, who coached at Kansas State before the war. Key players included

George McAfee George Anderson McAfee (March 13, 1918 – March 4, 2009) was an American professional football player who was a back for the Chicago Bears from 1940 to 1941 and 1945 to 1950 in the National Football League (NFL). As an undergraduate at D ...

(halfback,

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), Ray Terrell (halfback, Ole Miss), George Faust (Minnesota), Bill Borcher (Oregon),

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(Manhattan), and

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. McAfee was selected as the right halfback on the 1942 All-Navy All-America football team.

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