Pacific vs. March Field
Saturday, December 11, 1943 Share
March Field beat Pacific 19–10. It was their only meeting on record.
Final
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., December 12, 1943, page 9
Read the text
March Field Defeats College Of Pacific. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11-lR- March Fields Fourth Air Force football team had too much pow er and weight for Amos Alonzo Stages game little College of the Pacific squad today and used it for a 10 to 0 victory that closed the 1943 season in Memorial Coli scum. Attendance was cut TO $500 by an intermittent drizzle that stop ped as soon as the players took the field Coach Paul Schissler’s service team had an advantage of 20 pounds to the man and used it effectively. Stages Tigers, had difficulty breaking down the tight ly-knit March Field interference which enable such speedsters as Indian Jack jacobs, ex-Oklaho. ma, Bob Defruiter of Nebraska and Jimmy Nelson of Alabama to turn the ends for long gains. AS check against sweeps around the ends the Filters sent 2oO-pound Sal Rosato, former Vii. lanova fullback, ripping through the tired Pacific line.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
March Field 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pacific–March Field gameMarch Field leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Pacific
- Next gamevs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightSept. 23, 1944
- SeasonPacific in 1943
- ProgramPacific history and records
March Field
- Next gamevs. Washington Redskins (NFL)Aug. 25, 1944
- SeasonMarch Field in 1943
- ProgramMarch Field history and records