# 1942 Albuquerque Army Air Base Flying Kellys football team

The 1942 Albuquerque Army Air Base Base Flying Kellys football team, sometimes known as the Flying Colin Kellys, represented Albuquerque Army Air Base (Albuquerque AAB), located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the 1942 college football season. The Flying Kellys compiled a 5–4 record, not including an October 30 intra-squad game in which the starters defeated the substitutes. Captain Ted Shipkey (head coach at New Mexico before the war) was the head coach, and Ted Wright was the assistant coach. Wright served as acting head coach against Arizona State due to an injury to Shipkey.
The team utilized the "accordion shuffle shift" offense that Shipkey had developed during his tenure as head coach with the New Mexico Lobos.
The team was named after Colin Kelly, an Army aviator who was killed when his B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down in combat on December 10, 1941. The Air Base also adopted a New Mexico mountain burro as its mascot.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 19 | vs. New Mexico | Hilltop StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | L 6–7 | 9,000–10,000 |
| September 26 | at New Mexico State Teachers | Silver City, NM | W 26–6 | |
| October 3 | Lubbock Army Flying School | Hilltop StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | W 12–0 | 4,000 |
| October 9 | at West Texas State | Buffalo StadiumCanyon, TX | L 13–18 | |
| October 18 | at Wichita Aero Commandos | Wichita, KS | L 3–14 | 2,000 |
| October 30 | Substitutes (intra-squad game) | Hilltop StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | W 13–0 | |
| November 11 | at New Mexico A&M | Quesenberry FieldLas Cruces, NM | W 13–0 | |
| November 15 | Colorado Springs Army Air Base | Hilltop StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | W 32–0 | |
| November 21 | at Arizona State | Goodwin StadiumTempe, AZ | W 12–0 | |
| November 29 | San Francisco | Hilltop StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | L 0–28 | |

## Roster

The players included the following:
* Tiny Ahlgren, guard
* Roy Anderson, back, formerly of Fullerton High
* Ed Beddow, center, formerly of Arizona
* Red Bennett, end, formerly of Ole Miss
* W.L. "Bobby" Boblett, quarterback, formerly of West Virginia Normal
* Paul Bognar, guard
* Dick Campbell
* Church, back, formerly of California
* Jack Dungan, tackle, formerly of Arizona
* French Faucheau, guard
* Mike Gahar, tackle
* Troy "Cotton" Gann
* Gardell, guard
* Tony Gasparovich, tackle, formerly of Washington
* Newton Goss, fullback
* Reece Hill, halfback, formerly of New Mexico
* Bernie "Lefty" Honan, end, formerly of Wake Forest
* Harvey Johnson, halfback, formerly of Ole Miss or Mississippi State
* James H. Kent, tackle, formerly of Alabama
* T.E. "Tommy" Keough, halfback, formerly of Wisconsin State
* Ray Kinslow, fullback, sometimes spelled as "Kenslow"
* Ed Kintz, tackle, formerly of Puget Sound College
* Lt. Clee Maddox, back, formerly of Indiana
* Wick Malphurs
* Eddie Marshall, end, formerly of Georgia
* Charlie Mathis, guard
* Hank Morris, center
* J.O. "Bob" Nestra, halfback, formerly of Texas A&M
* "Two Ton" Polk, center
* Ralph R. "Robby" Robinette, tackle, formerly of Sul Ross
* Ted Shipkey, head coach, appeared in one play against Colorado Springs, at age 38, and injured a tendon in the back of his leg and was sent to El Paso for medical treatment
* J.R. Shoupe, end, formerly of SMU
* Vic Smith, guard,
* Dick Shoupe, end, formerly of SMU
* Lt. J.S. "Connie" Sparks, formerly of TCU
* Cecil Szepanski
* Ted Wright, assistant coach played in the Colorado Springs game on November 15 on his 32nd birthday