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American college football season
1943
Camp Grant Warriors football Conference Independent Record 2–6–2 Head coach Captain Coomer (left tackle) Home stadium Rockford HS Stadium Seasons
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
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 11 at
Illinois W 23–03,500
[3]
September 18
Michigan L 0–2611,000
[4]
September 25
Wisconsin Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL W 10–711,000
[5]
October 2
Marquette Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL T 7–711,000
[6]
October 9 at No. 7
Purdue L 0–1913,000
[7]
October 16 at No. 13
Minnesota L 7–1335,000
[8]
October 23 at
Fort Riley No. 20
Fort Riley, KS T 13–1310,000
[9]
November 6 at
Great Lakes Navy L 0–1222,000
[10]
November 13 at No. 5
Iowa Pre-Flight L 13–28
[11]
[12]
November 20 Fort Riley Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL (Midwest Army Championship) L 6–1010,000
[13]
Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
[14]
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked Week Poll 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AP — — 20 — — — — — —
References
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"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 .
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"Long Field Goal Beats Badgers" . The Star Press . September 26, 1943. p. 10. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
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"Rudan Scores As Marquette Ties Camp Grant" . The Journal Times . October 4, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
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"Purdue Downs Camp Grant" . The Baltimore Sun . October 10, 1943. p. 27. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
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"It's Jug Joust Time -- So the Gophers Dig In" . The South Bend Tribune . October 18, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved July 4, 2020 .
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"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 .
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"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 .
Bowl games All-Service 1942 1943 1944 1945