1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football team

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]

1943 Greensboro Tech-Hawks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–0
Head coach
  • Ralph Erickson
Home stadiumWorld War Memorial Stadium
1943 military service football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Bainbridge   –  7 –0 –0
Bunker Hill NAS   –  6 –0 –0
Greensboro   –  4 –0 –0
Memphis NATTC   –  2 –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
Lubbock AAF   –  5 –1 –0
Ottumwa NAS   –  5 –1 –0
Camp Davis   –  8 –2 –0
Sampson NTS   –  7 –2 –0
San Diego NTS   –  7 –2 –0
Keesler Field   –  3 –1 –0
Wright Field   –  1 –0 –1
Camp Lejeune   –  6 –2 –1
Fort Riley   –  6 –2 –1
Kearns Field   –  5 –2 –0
Fort Knox   –  4 –2 –0
Cherry Point Marines   –  4 –2 –1
Alameda Coast Guard   –  4 –2 –1
Fort Douglas   –  4 –2 –1
300th Infantry   –  5 –3 –0
176th Infantry   –  4 –3 –0
Blackland AAF   –  4 –3 –0
Fort Sheridan   –  4 –3 –0
Fort Warren   –  4 –3 –0
Norman NAS   –  4 –3 –0
Charleston Coast Guard   –  5 –4 –0
Salt Lake AAB   –  4 –3 –2
124th Infantry   –  2 –2 –0
Camp Kilmer   –  2 –2 –0
Camp Lee   –  5 –5 –0
Logan Navy   –  2 –2 –0
Spokane Air Service   –  2 –2 –0
Camp Edwards   –  4 –5 –0
Curtis Bay Coast Guard   –  4 –5 –0
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –  3 –4 –1
Jacksonville NATTC   –  3 –4 –0
Richmond AAB   –  4 –6 –1
Atlantic City NAS   –  2 –3 –0
North Carolina Pre-Flight   –  2 –4 –1
Patterson Field   –  2 –4 –1
Bowman Field   –  2 –4 –0
Kirtland Field   –  1 –2 –0
Lakehurst NAS   –  2 –4 –0
Camp Grant   –  2 –6 –2
Lowry Field   –  1 –3 –0
Fort Monroe   –  3 –7 –0
Daniel Field   –  2 –7 –0
Camp Gordon   –  1 –4 –0
South Plains AAF   –  1 –4 –0
Greenville AAB   –  1 –5 –0
Ward Island Marines   –  1 –5 –0
Bryan AAF   –  1 –6 –0
Pocatello AAB   –  0 –3 –0
Norfolk Fleet Marines   –  0 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 24Camp Butner 12th Replacement Depot
W 56–0[5]
October 31Army Finance School at Wake Forest
  • World War Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 59–010,000[6]
November 13Wake Forest
  • World War Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 14–010,000[7]
November 282:00 p.m.Cherry Point Marines
  • World War Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 19–010,000[8][9][3]

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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. "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.
  8. "Cherry Point Meets Strong BTC Gridders". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 28, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Trippi Sparks Tech-Hawks To 19-0 Win Over Cherry Point". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, North Carolina. November 29, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved April 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.
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