1943_Camp_Grant_Warriors_football_team

1943 Camp Grant Warriors football
1943 Camp Grant Warriors football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6–2
Head coach	Charlie Bachman (1st season);
Captain	Coomer (left tackle)
Home stadium	Rockford HS Stadium
	Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

1943 Camp Grant Warriors football team

American college football season

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.

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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]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 23–0	3,500	^[3]
September 18	Michigan		Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL	L 0–26	11,000	^[4]
September 25	Wisconsin		Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL	W 10–7	11,000	^[5]
October 2	Marquette		Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL	T 7–7	11,000	^[6]
October 9	at No. 7 Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0–19	13,000	^[7]
October 16	at No. 13 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	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		Ross Field Great Lakes, IL	L 0–12	22,000	^[10]
November 13	at No. 5 Iowa Pre-Flight		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 13–28		^[11]^[12]
November 20	Fort Riley		Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL (Midwest Army Championship)	L 6–10	10,000	^[13]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	—	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—

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v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 17 Bainbridge		–		7	–	0	–	0
Bunker Hill NAS		–		6	–	0	–	0
Greensboro		–		4	–	0	–	0
Memphis NATTC		–		2	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 10 March Field		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Del Monte Pre-Flight		–		7	–	1	–	0
Randolph Field		–		9	–	1	–	1
Georgia Pre-Flight		–		5	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Great Lakes Navy		–		10	–	2	–	0
Lubbock AAF		–		5	–	1	–	0
Ottumwa NAS		–		5	–	1	–	0
Camp Davis		–		8	–	2	–	0
Sampson NTS		–		7	–	2	–	0
San Diego NTS		–		7	–	2	–	0
Keesler Field		–		3	–	1	–	0
Wright Field		–		1	–	0	–	1
Camp Lejeune		–		6	–	2	–	1
Fort Riley		–		6	–	2	–	1
Kearns Field		–		5	–	2	–	0
Fort Knox		–		4	–	2	–	0
Cherry Point Marines		–		4	–	2	–	1
Alameda Coast Guard		–		4	–	2	–	1
Fort Douglas		–		4	–	2	–	1
300th Infantry		–		5	–	3	–	0
176th Infantry		–		4	–	3	–	0
Blackland AAF		–		4	–	3	–	0
Fort Sheridan		–		4	–	3	–	0
Fort Warren		–		4	–	3	–	0
Norman NAS		–		4	–	3	–	0
Charleston Coast Guard		–		5	–	4	–	0
Salt Lake AAB		–		4	–	3	–	2
124th Infantry		–		2	–	2	–	0
Camp Kilmer		–		2	–	2	–	0
Camp Lee		–		5	–	5	–	0
Logan Navy		–		2	–	2	–	0
Spokane Air Service		–		2	–	2	–	0
Camp Edwards		–		4	–	5	–	0
Curtis Bay Coast Guard		–		4	–	5	–	0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight		–		3	–	4	–	1
Jacksonville NATTC		–		3	–	4	–	0
Richmond AAB		–		4	–	6	–	1
Atlantic City NAS		–		2	–	3	–	0
North Carolina Pre-Flight		–		2	–	4	–	1
Patterson Field		–		2	–	4	–	1
Bowman Field		–		2	–	4	–	0
Kirtland Field		–		1	–	2	–	0
Lakehurst NAS		–		2	–	4	–	0
Camp Grant		–		2	–	6	–	2
Lowry Field		–		1	–	3	–	0
Fort Monroe		–		3	–	7	–	0
Daniel Field		–		2	–	7	–	0
Camp Gordon		–		1	–	4	–	0
South Plains AAF		–		1	–	4	–	0
Greenville AAB		–		1	–	5	–	0
Ward Island Marines		–		1	–	5	–	0
Bryan AAF		–		1	–	6	–	0
Pocatello AAB		–		0	–	3	–	0
Norfolk Fleet Marines		–		0	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll