1943 Salt Lake Army Air Base Wings football team

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1943
Salt Lake Army Air Base Wings football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
  • Don Galbreath (1st season)
Home stadiumCommunity Park
Seasons
← 1942
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 Salt Lake Army Air Base Wings football team represented the

Salt Lake Army Air Base (Salt Lake AAB), located in Salt Lake City, during the 1943 college football season. Led by head coach Don Galbreath, the Wings compiled a record of 4–3–2. Jim Henry and Pat Hogan were assistant coaches for the team.[1][2] Salt Lake AAB's roster included Bulbs Ehlers and Bob Ingalls
.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Salt Lake AAB ranked 101st among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 65.9.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 32:30 p.m.vs. Fort Douglas
T 0–0[4][5][6]
October 88:00 p.m.at Kearns Field
L 0–46,500[7][8]
October 16at ColoradoL 0–14[9][10]
October 243:00 p.m.at
Reno AAB
T 0–02,500[11][12]
October 312:30 p.m.Fort Warren
  • Community Park
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 0–101,500[13][14][15]
November 72:00 p.m.Bushnell General Hospital
  • Community Park
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 59–0[16][17]
November 142:00 p.m.Fort Douglas
  • Community Park
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 25–66,500[18][19]
November 204:30 p.m.at
Oregon Army
W 13–63,500[20][21][22]
November 28Kearns Field
  • Community Park
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 30–06,000[23]

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References