1943 Texas Longhorns football team

1943 Texas Longhorns football
Conference Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP No. 14
1943 record 7-1-1 (5-0 SWC)
Head coach Dana X. Bible
Home stadium Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1943 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#14 Texas $ 5 0 0     7 1 1
Texas A&M 4 1 0     7 2 1
Rice 2 3 0     3 7 0
SMU 2 3 0     2 7 0
TCU 1 4 0     2 6 0
Arkansas 1 4 0     2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1943 college football season. Before the season began, Tom Landry left the Longhorns and joined the Army Air Corps.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 25 Blackland Army Air Field* Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX W 656  
October 2 No. 11 Southwestern* Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 714  
October 9 vs. Oklahoma* Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Rivalry) W 137  
October 16 Arkansas Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) W 340  
October 23 Rice No. 16 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 580  
October 30 at SMU No. 16 Dallas, TX W 200  
November 13 TCU No. 16 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 467  
November 25 at No. 16 Texas A&M No. 12 Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (Rivalry) W 2713  
January 1, 1944 vs. Randolph Field* No. 14 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) T 77  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Awards and honors

References

  1. Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
  2. http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html
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