1943 Fort Sheridan Miracles football team

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1943
Fort Sheridan Miracles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
  • John C. Phipps
Home stadiumWrigley Field
Seasons
1944 →
1943 military service football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

The 1943 Fort Sheridan Miracles football team represented the United States Army's Fort Sheridan, located near Lake County, Illinois, during the 1943 college football season. Led by head coach John C. Phipps, the Miracles compiled a record of 4–3. This was the first football team fielded by Fort Sheridan in its history.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Fort Sheridan ranked 213th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 31.6.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 158:00 p.m.at Gardiner Hospital
W 14–0[3][4]
October 241:30 p.m.at Patterson FieldL 7–0[5][6]
October 30Wilson Junior CollegeHighland Park, ILW 18–0[7][8][9]
October 31at Milwaukee FalksMilwaukee, WIL 0–19[10]
November 7Manitowoc GaelsW 7–0
November 141:30 p.m.at Bunker Hill NASL 0–56[11][12]
November 21
Camp McCoy
W 26–0[13][14][15]

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References