The 1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team represented the

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Randolph Field Randolph Air Force Base was an United States Air Force base located at Universal City, Texas ( east-northeast of Downtown San Antonio). Opened in 1931, Randolph has been a flying training facility for the United States Army Air Corps, the Uni ...

during the

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. Randoph Field was located about 15 miles east-northeast of

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. The team compiled a 9–1–1 record and played Texas to a 7–7 tie in the 1944 Cotton Bowl Classic on January 1, 1944.

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, who coached

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, high school teams to two state championships, was the team's head coach. His assistant coaches were Butch Morse, Leland Killian, and Walter Parker.

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was the star of the Randolph Field offense in 1943. Dobbs was the only Randolph player named to the

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1943 Service All-America team. He also played at Tulsa and was later inducted into the

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Randolph Field Ramblers football Randolph Air Force Base was an United States Air Force base located at Universal City, Texas ( east-northeast of Downtown San Antonio). Opened in 1931, Randolph has been a flying training facility for the United States Army Air Corps, the Uni ...