1943 Camp Grant Warriors football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1943 Camp Grant Warriors football Independent 2–6–2 Charlie Bachman 1st Coomer (left tackle) Rockford HS Stadium The 1943 Camp Grant Warriors football team represented Camp Grant during the 1943 college football season. Led by head coach Charlie Bachman of Michigan State, the Warriors compiled a record of 2–6–2 against a difficult schedule that included four of the top six teams in the final AP poll rankings: Iowa Pre-Flight, Michigan, Purdue, and Great Lakes Navy. They were ranked a single time by the AP, achieving the No. 20 spot with a 2–3–1 record, and were dropped the next week after a loss to No. 13 Minnesota. In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Camp Grant Pre-Flight ranked 22nd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 95.6.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 11 w y Illinois Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL 23–0 3,500 1943-09-12 Illinois Loses Debut To Camp Grant, 23-0 27 The Miami News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54672362/illinois-loses-debut-to-camp-grant-23-0/ 2020-07-04 September 18 l Michigan Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL 11,000 0–26 1943-09-19 Wolverines Top Soldier Eleven 26-0 45 Hartford Courant https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54672073/wolverines-top-soldier-eleven-26-0/ 2020-07-04 September 25 w Wisconsin Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL 10–7 11,000 1943-09-26 Long Field Goal Beats Badgers 10 The Star Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54671730/long-field-goal-beats-badgers/ 2020-07-04 October 2 t Marquette Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL 7–7 11,000 1943-10-04 Rudan Scores As Marquette Ties Camp Grant 12 The Journal Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54673169/rudan-scores-as-marquette-ties-camp/ 2020-07-04 October 9 l y Purdue 7 Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN 0–19 13,000 1943-10-10 Purdue Downs Camp Grant 27 The Baltimore Sun https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54673269/purdue-downs-camp-grant/ 2020-07-04 October 16 l y Minnesota 13 Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 7–13 35,000 1943-10-18 It's Jug Joust Time -- So the Gophers Dig In 12 The South Bend Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54673454/its-jug-joust-time-so-the-gophers/ 2020-07-04 October 23 t 20 y Fort Riley Fort Riley, KS 13–13 10,000 1943-10-24 Fort Riley-Camp Grant Game for Army Grid Title is 13-13 Tie 17 St. Louis Post-Dispatch https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54673577/fort-riley-camp-grant-game-for-army/ 2020-07-04 November 6 l y Great Lakes Navy Ross Field Great Lakes, IL 0–12 22,000 1943-11-07 Bluejackets Nip Camp Grant 11 10 The Lincoln Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54673948/bluejackets-nip-camp-grant-11/ 2020-07-04 November 13 l y Iowa Pre-Flight 5 Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA 13–28 Seahawks Tune Up for Irish, 28-13 The Des Moines Register Jack North November 14, 1943 5-1, 5-4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17708623/seahawks_tune_up_for_irish_2813/ Newspapers.com1943-11-14 Iowa Seahawks Defeat Camp Grant Team 28-13 32 The Capital Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54674047/iowa-seahawks-defeat-camp-grant-team/ 2020-07-04 November 20 l Fort Riley Rockford HS Stadium Rockford, IL Midwest Army Championship 6–10 10,000 1943-11-21 Fort Riley Takes 'Breaks' To Best Camp Grant, 10-6 6 The Pantagraph https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54674254/fort-riley-takes-breaks-to-best-camp/ 2020-07-04 1943-11-28 Camp Grant 47 The Miami Herald https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54674295/camp-grant/ 2020-07-04Daye John 2014 Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football Haworth, New Jersey St. Johann Press 140 978-1-937943-21-9 Rankings 1943 college football rankings AP 1 9 NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR References Camp Grant Category:Camp Grant Warriors football seasons Camp Grant Warriors football