1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football team

1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football
Conference Independent
1943 record 4–0
Head coach Ralph Erickson
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1943 military service football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 17 Bainbridge   –    7 –0 –0
Bunker Hill NAS   –    6 –0 –0
Greensboro   –    6 –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
Fort Riley   –    6 –2 –1
North Carolina Pre-Flight   –    2 –4 –1
Camp Grant   –    2 –6 –2
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 24Camp Butner 12th Replacement Depot
W 56–0[5]
October 31Army Finance School at Wake Forest
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 59–010,000[6]
November 13Wake Forest
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 14–010,000[7]
November 28Cherry Point Marines
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 19–0[3]

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.
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