1943 Fort Warren Broncos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1943
| team = Fort Warren Broncos
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 4–3
| head_coach = Wee Willie Smith
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Frontier Park
}}
{{1943 military service football records}}
The 1943 Fort Warren Broncos football team represented the United States Army base at Fort Warren, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during the 1943 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Wee Willie Smith, the Broncos compiled a record of 4–3.
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Fort Warren ranked 68th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 75.6.{{cite news |last=Litkenhous |first=E. E. |authorlink=Edward E. Litkenhous |title=Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122968858/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=December 17, 1943 |page=18 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Mountain
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 11
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Lowry Field
| site_stadium = DU Stadium
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| score = 0–7
| attend =
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Lowry Field Sets Ft. Warren Tilt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122971129/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=September 11, 1943 |page=7B |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Lowry-Warren Open Intermountain Football |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/salt-lake-telegram/122971443/ |newspaper=Salt Lake Telegram |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |agency=Associated Press |date=September 11, 1943 |page=8 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Fort Warren Loses to Lowry Field |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune/122971594/ |newspaper=Casper Star-Tribune |location=Casper, Wyoming |agency=Associated Press |date=September 12, 1943 |page=2 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Colorado
| site_stadium = Colorado Stadium
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| score = 0–38
| attend =
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Buffaloes Hand Fort Second Straight Defeat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122970866/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=September 26, 1943 |page=7B |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Utah
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 60–0
| attend = 8,000
| source = {{cite news |last=Hodgson |first=Jimmy |title=Utah Reskins Given Slight Edge Over Fort Warren |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122972004/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=October 2, 1943 |page=22 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Hodgson |first=Jimmy |title=Ft. Warren Hands Utes Worst Loss in History |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122972139/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=October 3, 1943 |page=6B |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Hodgson |first=Jimmy |title=Fort Warren Hands Utes Worst Loss (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122972346/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=October 3, 1943 |page=7B |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1943|team=Kearney Army Air Field Raiders|title=Kearney AAF}}
| site_stadium = Frontier Park
| site_cityst = Cheyenne, WY
| score = 27–6
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Fort Warren user aerial strategy to beat Kearney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-journal-star/122972650/ |newspaper=Lincoln Journal |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |agency=Associated Press |date=October 11, 1943 |page=8 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Fort Warren Beats Kearney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune/122972909/ |newspaper=Casper Star-Tribune |location=Casper, Wyoming |agency=Associated Press |date=October 11, 1943 |page=4 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Kearney AAF
| site_stadium = Teacher's College field
| site_cityst = Kearney, NE
| score = 33–6
| attend =
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Broncos Due Here Sunday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kearney-daily-hub/122973537/ |newspaper=The Kearney Daily Hub |location=Kearney, Nebraska |agency=Associated Press |date=October 16, 1943 |page=7 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Ft. Warren Eleven too Powerful for Air Base Eleven; Score Is 33-6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kearney-daily-hub/122973231/ |newspaper=The Kearney Daily Hub |location=Kearney, Nebraska |agency=Associated Press |date=October 18, 1943 |page=5 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| time = 2:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Salt Lake AAB
| site_stadium = Community Park
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 10–0
| attend = 1,500
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=G. I.s Leading Service Grid League |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122974390/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=October 26, 1943 |page=10 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Fort Warren Battles Air Base Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122974714/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=October 31, 1943 |page=B5 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Hodgson |first=Jimmy |title=Fort Warren Stops Wings, 10-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122974590/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=November 1, 1943 |page=12 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Fort Riley
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
| score = 7–14
| attend = 2,500
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Fort Riley Trims Broncos, 14-7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122975292/ |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=November 14, 1943 |page=6B |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|title=Bob Ruman Stars As Fort Riley Beats Fort Warren, 14-7|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|date=November 14, 1943|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17874486/bob_rumans_stars_as_fort_riley_beats/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| w/l = cancelled
| opponent = Fort Douglas
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Cheyenne, WY
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Fort Douglas Will Oppose Warren |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ogden-standard-examiner/122975658/ |newspaper=The Ogden Standard-Examiner |location=Ogden, Utah |agency=Associated Press |date=November 5, 1943 |page=10 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Fort Douglas Cancels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette/122975449/ |newspaper=Billings Gazette |location=Billings, Montana |agency=Associated Press |date=November 23, 1943 |page=9 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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{{cite book |last=Daye |first=John |date=2014 |title=Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football |location=Haworth, New Jersey |publisher=St. Johann Press |pages=143–144 |isbn=978-1-937943-21-9 }}
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