1943 Memphis Naval Air Technical Training Center Bluejackets football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1943 Memphis Naval Air Technical Training Center Bluejackets football Independent 2–0 Denny Myers 1st Frank Filchock Crump Stadium The 1943 Memphis Naval Air Technical Training Center Bluejackets football team represented the United States Navy's Memphis Naval Air Technical Training Center (Memphis NAATC), located in Millington, Tennessee during the 1943 college football season. After starting with a 2–0 record, the rest of the Memphis NAATC's games were abruptly cancelled on October 10, 1943 when the Navy ruled that the NAS could not play at Crump Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, and so no longer had an adequate playing field to conduct the remainder of their contests. The team was ranked in the first three AP Polls of the 1943 season, but was eventually dropped from the rankings on October 25, 1943.October 10, 1943 Memphis Naval Football Schedule Cancelled 10 Daily World https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54616578/memphis-naval-football-schedule/ July 3, 2020 In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Memphis NAATC ranked tenth among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 108.3.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 26 w Rosecrans Army Fliers Memphis NAS Base Memphis, TN 57–0 September 28, 1943 Memphis Team Has Brilliant 57-0 Grid Debut 2 Kingsport Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54617965/memphis-team-has-brilliant-57-0-grid/ July 3, 2020September 27, 1943 Memphis Navy Victor, 57 to 0 9 Chattanooga Daily Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54618087/memphis-navy-victor-57-to-0/ July 3, 2020 October 2 w Tulane Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA 41–7 25,000 October 3, 1943 Tulane's Green Wave Unable To Handle Memphis' Powerful Sailors, Lose 41-7 9 Johnson City Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54618240/tulanes-green-wave-unable-to-handle/ July 3, 2020 October 9 cancelled 13 SMU Ownby Stadium University Park, TX Lorena Grid Star Killed in Crash https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-tribune-herald/54618559/ Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald Waco, Texas October 10, 1943 8 April 26, 2023 Newspapers.com October 16 Cancelled y 15 LSU Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA October 23 Cancelled 19 Arkansas Memphis, TN October 30 Cancelled y Miami (OH) Miami Field Oxford, OH November 6 Cancelled y Texas War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX Cancelled Marquette Crump Stadium Memphis, TN Cancelled Fort Benning Crump Stadium Memphis, TN Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 147 978-1-937943-21-9 Rankings 1943 college football rankings AP 1 9 13 15 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR References Memphis Naval Air Technical Training Center Category:College football undefeated seasons Category:Memphis Naval Air Technical Training Center Bluejackets football seasons Memphis Naval Air Technical Training Center Bluejackets football