In their fifth season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 4–1–1 record.
[1][2] Marion Motley, who was later inducted into the Pro 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 in Canton, Ohio, to work after dropping out of school.
"[3] 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.