1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team

The 1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team represented the United States Navy pre-flight aviation training school at the University of Georgia during the 1943 college football season. The team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 183 to 105.[1]

1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
1943 military service football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 17 Bainbridge   –    7 –0 –0
Bunker Hill NAS   –    6 –0 –0
Greensboro   –    6 –0 –0
Memphis NAS   –    3 –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
San Diego NAS   –    7 –2 –0
Fort Riley   –    6 –2 –1
Alameda Coast Guard   –    4 –2 –1
Saint Mary's Pre-Flight   –    3 –4 –1
North Carolina Pre-Flight   –    2 –4 –1
Camp Grant   –    2 –6 –2
Rankings from AP Poll

In July 1943, Lieutenant Rex Enright was assigned as the team's head coach.[2] His assistant coaches included Andy Pilney, Bud Kerr, and George T. Barclay.[3]

Players included Pat Harder (Wisconsin), Steve Filipowicz (Fordham), Fuller Brooks, Warren Tiller, Carl Nolte, Zealand Thigpen, Tom Averitt, Wally Moesmer, Jim Randall, Carl Dreisbach, H. C. Byars, Jim Shepard, and Oscar Hoequist. Harder was named as a second-team player on the 1943 All-Service football team.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Daniel Field
W 19–135,000[5]
October 9at Georgia Tech
L 7–3512,000[6]
October 17Newberry
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 53–010,000[7]
October 23at North Carolina Pre-Flight
W 20–75,000[8]
October 30at Tulane
W 14–1318,000[9]
November 13at Clemson
W 32–64,500[10]

References
  1. "1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  2. "Rex Enright Named Coach of Georgia Navy Gridders". Ashville Citizen-Times. July 11, 1943 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Coach Rex Enright Names Aides for Navy Pre-Flight Grid Team". The Greenville News. August 15, 1943. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1943 Service All-America". Waterloo Daily Courier. December 10, 1943. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Georgia Preflight Tips Daniel Field, 19-13". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 4, 1943. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Georgia Tech Engineers Give Navy Pre-Flight Fancy Licking". The Times (Shreveport). October 10, 1943. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Georgia Preflight's Famed Stars Smash Newberry, 53-0". The Greenville News. October 18, 1943. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Georgia Sailors Rip Cloudbusters". The Greenville News. October 24, 1943. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Tulane Misses Try for Point and Loses to Georgia Sailors". The Shreveport Times. October 31, 1943. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Scoop Latimer (November 14, 1943). "Georgia Preflighters Overpower Clemson, 32-6". The Greenville News. p. 8B – via Newspapers.com.
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