1943 Rochester Yellowjackets football team

The 1943 Rochester Yellowjackets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rochester as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In their fourth and final year under head coach Dudley DeGroot, the Yellowjackets compiled a 6–1 record and were ranked at No. 75 among the nation's college and military service teams in the final 1943 Litkenhous Ratings.^[1] Rochester defeated Yale, which was ranked No. 86 by Litkenhous, and split a pair of games with Colgate, which was ranked No. 60.

1943 Rochester Yellowjackets football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1
Head coach	Dudley DeGroot (4th season)
Home stadium	River Campus 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

The 1943 Rochester team was composed largely of Marine Corps and Navy trainees who were transferred to the school as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program. The incoming transfers included quarterback Eddie Fox (from Syracuse), center Ray Whelan (from LSU), and tackle Steve Skapinec (from New Mexico).^[2]

The team played its home games at River Campus Stadium in Rochester, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Baldwin–Wallace	River Campus Stadium Rochester, NY	W 14–6	6,000	^[3]^[4]
September 18	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–12	10,000	^[5]
September 25	Colgate	Rochester, NY	L 0–7	12,000	^[6]
October 2	Carnegie Tech	River Campus Stadium Rochester, NY	W 16–0	5,000	^[7]
October 9	RPI	River Campus Stadium Rochester, NY	W 26–0	5,000	^[8]
October 16	at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 14–6		^[9]
October 30	Case	Rochester, NY	W 39–9		^[10]

References

1. E. E. Litkenhous (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhous Selects U.S. Grid Leaders: Notre Dame Named Top Team for 1943; Minnesota Does Fadeout". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Don Hassett (September 11, 1943). "UR Lifts Football Lid with Baldwin-Wallace". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Frank Lillich (September 12, 1943). "Varsity Conquers Stubborn B-W, 14 to 6". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Rochester Univ. Triumphs 14-6". The Morning Call. September 12, 1943. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Rochester 14, Yale 12". New York Daily News. September 19, 1943. p. C38 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "The Philadelphia Inquirer: Colgate Blanks Rochester, 7-0".
7. Frank Lillich (October 3, 1943). "Varsity Beats Stubbron Carnegie, 16 to 0". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
8. Frank Lillich (October 10, 1943). "Varsity Passes Overwhelm Rensselaer, 26-0". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. pp. 1C, 3C – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Buffalo Courier-Express: Rochester's Rallies Ruin Colgate, 14-6".
10. "Rochester Beats Case". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 31, 1943. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.