1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football team

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1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record4–0
Head coach
  • Ralph Erickson
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 military service football records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Bainbridge   –   7 – 0 – 0
Bunker Hill NAS   –   6 – 0 – 0
Greensboro   –   6 – 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
San Diego NTS   –   7 – 2 – 0
Fort Riley   –   6 – 2 – 1
Alameda Coast Guard   –   4 – 2 – 1
St. Mary's Pre-Flight   –   3 – 4 – 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. ^ a b "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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