1943_Fort_Sheridan_Miracles_football_team

1943 Fort Sheridan Miracles football
1943 Fort Sheridan Miracles football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3
Head coach	John C. Phipps;
Home stadium	Wrigley Field
	Seasons 1944 →

1943 Fort Sheridan Miracles football team

American college football season

The 1943 Fort Sheridan Miracles football team represented the United States Army's Fort Sheridan, located near Lake County, Illinois, during the 1943 college football season. Led by head coach John C. Phipps, the Miracles compiled a record of 4–3. This was the first football team fielded by Fort Sheridan in its history.^[1]

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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Fort Sheridan ranked 213th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 31.6.^[2]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 15	8:00 p.m.	at Gardiner Hospital	Shewbridge Field Chicago, IL	W 14–0	^[3]^[4]
October 24	1:30 p.m.	at Patterson Field	University of Dayton Stadium Dayton, OH	L 7–0	^[5]^[6]
October 30		Wilson Junior College	Highland Park, IL	W 18–0	^[7]^[8]^[9]
October 31		at Milwaukee Falks	Milwaukee, WI	L 0–19	^[10]
November 7		Manitowoc Gaels		W 7–0
November 14	1:30 p.m.	at Bunker Hill NAS	Naval Air Station Bunker Hill Bunker Hill, IN	L 0–56	^[11]^[12]
November 21		Camp McCoy	Wrigley Field Chicago, IL	W 26–0	^[13]^[14]^[15]
All times are in Central time

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1943 Fort Sheridan Miracles football team

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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