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1943 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 14
Record7–1–1 (5–0 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Texas ranked 13th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 103.9.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 252:30 p.m.Blackland AAF*
W 65–69,000[3][4][5][6]
October 2Southwestern (TX)*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 7–14
October 9vs. Oklahoma*
W 13–7
October 16Arkansas
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 34–0
October 23RiceNo. 16
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 58–0
October 30at SMUNo. 16
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 20–0
November 13TCUNo. 16
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 46–7
November 25at No. 16 Texas A&MNo. 12
W 27–13
January 1, 1944vs. Randolph Field*No. 14
T 7–715,000[7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[8]

Awards and honors

  • Joe Parker, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player

References

  1. ^ Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
  2. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Hart, Weldon (September 25, 1943). "Texas Opens Grid Season Here Today". The Austin American. Austin, Texas. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Hart, Weldon (September 25, 1943). "Young Steers Face Husky Eagles Today (continued)". The Austin American. Austin, Texas. p. 7. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Hart, Weldon (September 26, 1943). "Steers Crush Blackland In Opener, 65-6". Sunday American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Hart, Weldon (September 26, 1943). "Steers Show Eagles Dust in Opener, 65-6 (continued)". Sunday American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. p. 9. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Harold V. Ratliff (January 2, 1944). "Longhorns And Randolph Field Battle To 7-7 Deadlock: Dobbs Puts On Great Show For Drenched Fans". The Brownsville Herald (AP story). p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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