1943 Army Cadets football team

1943 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 11
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   4 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 0
Rochester   –   6 – 1 – 0
No. 11   –   7 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   1 – 6 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   0 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1943 college football season. In their third year under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out five of their ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 299 to 66. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 13 to 0 score. The Cadets also lost to Notre Dame by a 26 to 0 score, but won convincing victories over Colgate (42–0), Temple (51–0), Columbia (52–0), and Brown (59–0).[1]

Two Army players were honored on the 1943 College Football All-America Team. Center Cas Myslinski was a consensus first-team honoree,[2] and tackle Francis E. Merritt was selected as a first-team player by Football News and a second-team player by the Associated Press.[3][4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Villanova
W 27–0
October 2Colgate
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 42–0
October 9TempleNo. 3
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 51–0
October 16at ColumbiaNo. 2
W 52–0
October 23at YaleNo. 2
W 39–7
October 30at No. 6 PennNo. 2
T 13–1372,000[5]
November 6vs. No. 1 Notre DameNo. 3
L 0–2675,121
November 132:45 p.m.Sampson NTSNo. 6
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 16–78,000[6][7]
November 20BrownNo. 7
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 59–0
November 27No. 6 NavyNo. 7
L 0–13

Rankings

See also: 1943 college football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP3 (4)2 (1)2 (5)2 (5)367711

References

  1. ^ "1943 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1192. ISBN 1401337031.
  4. ^ "Miller and White of Notre Dame Gain All-America Football Posts" (PDF). The New York Times. December 8, 1943. (AP)
  5. ^ Art Morrow (October 31, 1943). "Penn Ties Army in Upset On 70-Yard Pass Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kenna to Start for Army Against Sampson Today". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. Associated Press. November 13, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ Smith, Jack (November 14, 1943). "Army Upsets Sampson, 16-7 In Second Half". Sunday News. New York, New York. p. C40. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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