| 1943Nevada Wolf Pack football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–1–1 |
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| Home stadium | Mackay Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18Colorado College | – | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19Pacific (CA) | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | – | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1943 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, known for the final three games as theFlying Wolves andFlying Wolfpack, was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Nevada as an independent during the1943 college football season. In their fifth season under head coachJim Aiken, the team compiled a 4–1–1 record.
Marion Motley, who was later inducted into thePro Football Hall of Fame, played for the Wolf Pack from 1941 to 1943. He suffered a knee injury in 1943 and returned to his home inCanton, Ohio, to work after dropping out of school.
Bill Mackrides also played for the 1943 Wolf Pack. He later played seven years of professional football in theNational Football League (NFL) andCanadian Football League (CFL).
On October 8, 1943, due to the loss of players to military service, the Nevada football team merged with the football team from theReno Army Air Base team atLemmon Valley. The combination of university and military football squads was reported to be "unprecedented in the history of the nation's wartime football."[1] Because of an Army ruling that prohibited soldiers from playing on college teams, the combined team, known as the "Flying Wolves" or "Flying Wolfpack", played under the air base colors, and the University of Nevada players were deemed to have been absorbed into the air base squad. Jim Aiken remained head coach of the combined team with Lieutenants Dayton Doeler and Edward O'Neill acting as assistant coaches.[2]
In the finalLitkenhous Ratings, Nevada ranked 138th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 55.2.[3]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | Tonopah Army Air Base | W 34–0 | 3,000 | [4] | |||
| September 25 | Reno Army Air Base |
| W 28–0 | ||||
| October 3 | atSan Francisco | L 0–6 | [5] | ||||
| October 10 | Tonopah Bombing and Gunnery Range |
| W 25–0 | 1,800 | [2] | ||
| October 16 | atUtah | W 27–19 | 4,846 | [6] | |||
| October 24 | Salt Lake City Army Air Base |
| T 0–0 | 2,500 | [7] | ||
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