1943 Camp Grant Warriors football team
Appearance
1943 Camp Grant Warriors football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 2–6–2 |
Head coach |
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Captain | Coomer (left tackle) |
Home stadium | Rockford HS Stadium |
The 1943 Camp Grant Warriors football team represented Camp Grant during the 1943 college football season.[1] The Warriors were coached by Charlie Bachman of Michigan State, and compiled a record of 2–6–2 against an incredibly hard schedule that included final #2 Iowa Pre-Flight, #3 Michigan, #5 Purdue, and #6 Great Lakes Navy. They were ranked a single time by the AP, achieving the #20 spot with a 2–3–1 record, and were dropped the next week after a loss to the #13 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers.
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Camp Grant Pre-Flight ranked 22nd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 95.6.[2]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | at Illinois | W 23–0 | 3,500 | [3] | ||
September 18 | Michigan |
| L 0–26 | 11,000 | [4] | |
September 25 | Wisconsin |
| W 10–7 | 11,000 | [5] | |
October 2 | Marquette |
| T 7–7 | 11,000 | [6] | |
October 9 | at No. 7 Purdue | L 0–19 | 13,000 | [7] | ||
October 16 | at No. 13 Minnesota | L 7–13 | 35,000 | [8] | ||
October 23 | at Fort Riley | No. 20 | Fort Riley, KS | T 13–13 | 10,000 | [9] |
November 6 | at Great Lakes Navy |
| L 0–12 | 22,000 | [10] | |
November 13 | at No. 5 Iowa Pre-Flight | L 13–28 | [11][12] | |||
November 20 | Fort Riley |
| L 6–10 | 10,000 | [13] | |
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Rankings
[edit]Week | |||||||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AP | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "Camp Grant". The Miami Herald. November 28, 1943. p. 47. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Illinois Loses Debut To Camp Grant, 23-0". The Miami News. September 12, 1943. p. 27. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Wolverines Top Soldier Eleven 26-0". Hartford Courant. September 19, 1943. p. 45. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Long Field Goal Beats Badgers". The Star Press. September 26, 1943. p. 10. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Rudan Scores As Marquette Ties Camp Grant". The Journal Times. October 4, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Purdue Downs Camp Grant". The Baltimore Sun. October 10, 1943. p. 27. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "It's Jug Joust Time -- So the Gophers Dig In". The South Bend Tribune. October 18, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Fort Riley-Camp Grant Game for Army Grid Title is 13-13 Tie". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 24, 1943. p. 17. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Bluejackets Nip Camp Grant 11". The Lincoln Star. November 7, 1943. p. 10. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Jack North (November 14, 1943). "Seahawks Tune Up for Irish, 28-13". The Des Moines Register. pp. 5–1, 5–4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Iowa Seahawks Defeat Camp Grant Team 28-13". The Capital Times. November 14, 1943. p. 32. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Fort Riley Takes 'Breaks' To Best Camp Grant, 10-6". The Pantagraph. November 21, 1943. p. 6. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.