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
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Earl Blaik (3rd season)
Captain	Cas Myslinski, Robin Olds
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

1943 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 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
CCNY			–					1	–	3	–	1
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	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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	72,000	^[6]
November 6		vs. No. 1 Notre Dame	No. 3	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 0–26	75,121
November 13	2:45 p.m.	Sampson NTS	No. 6	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 16–7	8,000	^[7]^[8]
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 All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1943 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	3 (4)	2 (1)	2 (5)	2 (5)	3	6	7	7	11

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
2. "1943 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
3. (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. 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)
6. Art Morrow (October 31, 1943). "Penn Ties Army in Upset On 70-Yard Pass Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
7. "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  .
8. 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  .