1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football team

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1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
  • Ralph Erickson
Home stadium World War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Bainbridge  – 7 –0 –0
Bunker Hill NAS  – 6 –0 –0
Greensboro  – 4 –0 –0
Memphis NAS  – 3 –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
Ottumwa NAS  – 5 –1 –0
Camp Davis  – 8 –2 –0
Sampson NTS  – 7 –2 –0
San Diego NTS  – 7 –2 –0
Camp Lejeune  – 6 –2 –1
Fort Riley  – 6 –2 –1
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
Fort Warren  – 4 –3 –0
Charleston Coast Guard  – 5 –4 –0
124th Infantry  – 2 –2 –0
Camp Lee  – 5 –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
North Carolina Pre-Flight  – 2 –4 –1
Camp Grant  – 2 –6 –2
Fort Monroe  – 3 –7 –0
Daniel Field  – 2 –7 –0
Camp Gordon  – 1 –4 –0
Greenville AAB  – 1 –5 –0
Norfolk Fleet Marines  – 0 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football team represented the Greensboro Army Air Forces Basic Training Center No. 10 during the 1943 college football season. Charley Trippi, who was later inducted into both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame, starred for the team. [1] The team compiled a perfect 4–0 record and was unbeaten, untied, and unscored upon. [2] [3] Captain Ralph Erickson was the team's head coach. [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 24 Camp Butner 12th Replacement Depot
W 56–0 [5]
October 31 Army Finance School at Wake Forest
  • World War Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 59–010,000 [6]
November 13 Wake Forest
  • World War Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 14–010,000 [7]
November 282:00 p.m. Cherry Point Marines
  • World War Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 19–010,000 [8] [9] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Charlie Trippi To Play For Air Team". The Ashville Citizen. October 7, 1943. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Service Department". The Brownsville Herald . December 7, 1943. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Tech-Hawks Turn Back Marine Gridders, 19-0". The Troy Record. November 29, 1943. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tech-Hawks To Battle Deacons on November 13". The Ashville Citizen. November 5, 1943. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Camp Butner's Eleven Soundly Trounced, 56-0". St. Petersburg Times. October 26, 1943. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tech-Hawks Swamp Finance School Team". The Ashville Citizen. November 1, 1943. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Greensboro Tech-Hawks Down Wake Forest, 14 to 0". Asheville Citizen-Times . November 14, 1943. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Cherry Point Meets Strong BTC Gridders". The News & Observer . Raleigh, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 28, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved April 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. ↑ "Trippi Sparks Tech-Hawks To 19-0 Win Over Cherry Point". Greensboro Daily News . Greensboro, North Carolina. November 29, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved April 17, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  10. ↑ Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 144. ISBN   978-1-937943-21-9.
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