1943 Army Cadets football team

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.[1] 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).[2]

1943 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 11
1943 record	7–2–1
Head coach	Earl Blaik (3rd season)
Home stadium	Michie 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
No. 11 Army			–					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
Princeton			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Two Army players were honored on the 1943 College Football All-America Team. Center Cas Myslinski was a consensus first-team honoree,[3] and tackle Francis E. Merritt was selected as a first-team player by Football News and a second-team player by the Associated Press.[4][5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	Villanova		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 27–0
October 2	Colgate		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 42–0
October 9	Temple	No. 3	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 51–0
October 16	at Columbia	No. 2	Baker Field New York, NY	W 52–0
October 23	at Yale	No. 2	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 39–7
October 30	at No. 6 Penn	No. 2	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 13–13
November 6	vs. No. 1 Notre Dame	No. 3	Yankee Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0-26	75,121
November 13	USNTS Sampson	No. 6	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 16–7
November 20	Brown	No. 7	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 59–0
November 27	No. 6 Navy	No. 7	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Army–Navy Game)	L 0–13
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Army Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
2. "1943 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
4. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1192. ISBN 1401337031.
5. "Miller and White of Notre Dame Gain All-America Football Posts" (PDF). The New York Times. December 8, 1943. (AP)