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The 1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces' Randolph Field during the 1943 college football season. Randolph Field was located about 15 miles east-northeast of San Antonio, Texas. The team compiled a 9–1–1 record and played Texas to a 7–7 tie in the 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic on January 1, 1944.
1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football | |
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Cotton Bowl, T 7–7 vs. Texas | |
Conference | Independent |
Record | 9–1–1 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Grater Field, Alamo Stadium |
Frank Tritico, who coached Lake Charles, Louisiana, high school teams to two state championships, was the team's head coach. His assistant coaches were Butch Morse, Leland Killian, and Walter Parker.[1]
Glenn Dobbs was the star of the Randolph Field offense in 1943. Dobbs was the only Randolph player named to the Associated Press 1943 Service All-America team.[2] He also played at Tulsa and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Randolph Field ranked 48th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 83.5.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 18 | Bryan AAF |
| W 30–0 | [4] | |||||
September 25 | at Rice | W 6–0 | 12,000 | [5] | |||||
October 2 | Ward Island Marines |
| W 39–9 | [6][7] | |||||
October 9 | vs. Bryan AAF | Yoakum, TX | W 47–0 | ||||||
October 23 | at Blackland AAF | W 7–0 | [8] | ||||||
October 30 | University of Mexico | W 34–0 | 12,000 | [9] | |||||
November 6 | Blackland AAF |
| W 26–7 | [10][11] | |||||
November 13 | 2:30 p.m. | at Ward Island Marines |
| W 53–14 | [12][13][14][15] | ||||
November 20 | North Texas Aggies |
| W 20–13 | [16][17] | |||||
November 27 | Southwestern Louisiana | No. 18 |
| L 0–6 | 5,000 | [18] | |||
January 1 | vs. No. 14 Texas | T 7–7 | 15,000 | [19] | |||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18т | — |
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