Year: | 1943 |
Team: | Bowman Field Bombers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Independent |
Record: | 2–4 |
Head Coach: | Bill Stein |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Stadium: | duPont Manual Stadium |
The 1943 Bowman Field Bombers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's First Troop Carrier Company at Bowman Field, located near Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1943 college football season. Led by head coach Bill Stein, the Bombers compiled a record of 2–4. Stein had played college football at the University of Oregon and coached at high schools and colleges in the Western United States.[1] Lieutenant Joe Murphy, who had played at Georgia Tech, was the team's backfield coach.[2]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Bowman Field ranked 204th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 35.6.[3]