1943 San Diego Naval Training Station Bluejackets football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 1943 San Diego Naval Training Station Bluejackets independent 7–2 Bo Molenda 1st Ed Nelson (right tackle) Hull Field The 1943 San Diego Naval Air Station Bluejackets football team represented San Diego Naval Training Station (San Diego NTS) during the 1943 college football season. The team was coached by Bo Molenda, a former Michigan football player, and played on Hull Field in San Diego. The Bluejackets compiled a 7–2 record, shut our four teams, and outscored their opponents by a total of 255 to 36. They also defeated No. 4 USC in November, which at the time was riding a six-game undefeated, untied, and unscored upon streak. In the final Litkenhous Ratings, San Diego NTS ranked 53rd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 82.5.Litkenhous E. E. Edward E. Litkenhous Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122968858/ The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah December 17, 1943 18 April 16, 2023 Newspapers.com Schedule 1943 AP September 25 w 1943 Redlands Bulldogs Redlands Hull Field San Diego, CA 20–0 5,000 1943-09-26 San Diego Gobs Trim Redlands 43 The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815116/san-diego-gobs-trim-redlands/ 2020-07-06 October 3 w Fort Ord Hull Field San Diego, CA 59–0 1943-10-04 San Diego Navy Grids Smash Ft. Ord, 59-0 34 The Los Angeles Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815224/san-diego-navy-grids-smash-ft-ord-59-0/ 2020-07-06 October 9 w Camp Pomona Hull Field San Diego, CA 48–2 1943-10-10 San Diego Navy Dumps Soldiers 13 The Los Angeles Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815288/san-diego-navy-dumps-soldiers/ 2020-07-06 October 16 l March Field 12 Hull Field San Diego, CA 0–7 1943-10-17 March Field Wins Toughie, 7-0 18 The Pasadena Post https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815380/march-field-wins-toughie-7-0/ 2020-07-06 October 23 w Compton JC Hull Field San Diego, CA 35–0 1943-10-24 San Diego Navy Drubs Compton 38 The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815418/san-diego-navy-drubs-compton/ 2020-07-06 October 30 w UCLA Hull Field San Diego, CA 6,000–8,000 28–0 1943-10-31 Gobs Whip UCLA, 28-0 23 The San Francisco Examiner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815486/gobs-whip-ucla-28-0/ 2020-07-061943-10-31 Bruins Lose Again! San Diego Navy Wins in Breeze, 28-0 18 Long Beach Independent https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815536/bruins-lose-again-san-diego-navy-wins/ 2020-07-06 November 6 w USC 4 Hull Field San Diego, CA 6,000 10–7 1943-11-07 SC Trojans Kick Game Away To San Diego Gobs 18 The Fresno Bee The Republican https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815602/sc-trojans-kick-game-away-to-san-diego/ 2020-07-06 November 21 w 17 San Pedro All-Stars Hull Field San Diego, CA 6,000 53–7 1943-11-22 San Diego Tars Crush All-Stars 6 The Pasadena Post https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815689/san-diego-tars-crush-all-stars/ 2020-07-06 November 28 l y March Field 9 Wheelock Field Riverside, CA "Army–Navy game of the West" 2–13 14,000 1943-11-29 Plenty to Worry Stagg's Gridders 5 Appeal-Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54815792/plenty-to-worry-staggs-gridders/ 2020-07-06 Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 150 978-1-937943-21-9 Rankings 1943 college football rankings AP 1 9 NR NR NR NR NR 20 17т NR NR References San Diego Naval Training Station Category:San Diego Naval Training Station Bluejackets football seasons San Diego Naval Training Station Bluejackets football