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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
|Year=1943
{{Infobox college sports team season
|Team=Texas Longhorns
| year = 1943
|Image=
| team = Texas Longhorns
|Conference=Southwest Conference
| sport = football
|Division=
| image =
|ShortConference=SWC
| image_size =
|Record=7–1–1
| conference = [[Southwest Conference]]
|ConfRecord=5–0
| short_conf = SWC
|CoachRank=
|APRank=14
| APRank = 14
| record = 7–1–1
|HeadCoach=[[Dana X. Bible]]
| conf_record = 5–0
|HCYear=7th
| head_coach = [[Dana X. Bible]]
|OffCoach=
| hc_year = 7th
|DefCoach=
| captain =
|OScheme=
| stadium = [[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium|War Memorial Stadium]]
|DScheme=
| champion = SWC champion
|StadiumArena=[[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium|War Memorial Stadium]]<br>(Capacity: 40,500)
| bowl = [[1944 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl Classic]]
|Champion=Southwest Conference champion
| bowl_result = T 7–7 vs. [[1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team|Randolph Field]]
|BowlTourney=[[1944 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl Classic]]
|BowlTourneyResult=T 7–7 vs. [[1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team|Randolph Field]]
}}
}}
{{1943 Southwest Conference football standings}}
{{1943 Southwest Conference football standings}}
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.<ref>Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6717-6}}</ref>
The '''1943 Texas Longhorns football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the [[University of Texas at Austin]]) as a member of the [[Southwest Conference]] (SWC) during the [[1943 college football season]]. In their seventh year under head coach [[Dana X. Bible]], the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 7–1–1, with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, and finished as SWC champion. Texas concluded their season with a tie against [[1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team|Randolph Field]] in the [[1944 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl Classic]].<ref>{{cite news|title=1943 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 29, 2023|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas/1943-schedule.html}}</ref>

Before the season began, [[Tom Landry]] left the Longhorns and joined the Army Air Corps.<ref>Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6717-6}}</ref> In the final [[Litkenhous Ratings]], Texas ranked 13th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 103.9.<ref>{{cite news |last=Litkenhous |first=E. E. |authorlink=Edward E. Litkenhous |title=Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/122968858/ |newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |location=[[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, Utah]] |date=December 17, 1943 |page=18 |access-date=April 16, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
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| rankyear = 1943
| rankyear = 1943
| poll = AP
| poll = AP
| timezone = Central


|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| date = September 25
| time = 2:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1943 Blackland Army Air Field Eagles football team|Blackland AAF]]
| rank =
| opponent = [[Texas World War II Army Airfields|Blackland Army Air Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium|War Memorial Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium|War Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Austin, TX]]
| site_cityst = [[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
| score = 65–6
| score = 65–6
| attend = 9,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Weldon |title=Texas Opens Grid Season Here Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american/123422634/ |newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman|The Austin American]] |location=[[Austin, Texas]] |date=September 25, 1943 |page=1 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Weldon |title=Young Steers Face Husky Eagles Today (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american/123422770/ |newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman|The Austin American]] |location=[[Austin, Texas]] |date=September 25, 1943 |page=7 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Weldon |title=Steers Crush Blackland In Opener, 65-6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american/123422455/ |newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman|Sunday American-Statesman]] |location=[[Austin, Texas]] |date=September 26, 1943 |page=1 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hart |first=Weldon |title=Steers Show Eagles Dust in Opener, 65-6 (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american/123422529/ |newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman|Sunday American-Statesman]] |location=[[Austin, Texas]] |date=September 26, 1943 |page=9 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1943 Southwestern Pirates football team|Southwestern (TX)]]
| rank =
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1943|team=Southwestern Pirates|title=Southwestern (TX)}}
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| score = 7–14
| score = 7–14
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123757753/southwestern-pirates-outclass-mighty-tex/|work=Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald|title=Southwestern Pirates outclass mighty Texas U. 14 to 7|date=October 3, 1943|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| neutral = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]
| opponent = [[1943 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]]
| gamename = [[Red River Rivalry|Red River Shootout]]
| site_stadium = [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]
| site_stadium = [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]
| site_cityst = [[Dallas, TX]]
| site_cityst = [[Dallas|Dallas, TX]]
| gamename = [[Red River Rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 13–7
| score = 13–7
| attend = 18,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123758005/texas-longhorns-come-from-behind-to-beat/|work=Wichita Daily Times|title=Texas Longhorns come from behind to beat Oklahoma University, 13–7|date=October 10, 1943|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| date = October 16
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| rank =
| opponent = [[1943 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]]
| opponent = [[1943 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]]
| gamename = [[Arkansas–Texas football rivalry|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| gamename = [[Arkansas–Texas football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 34–0
| score = 34–0
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123758320/longhorns-unleash-power-to-smother-arkan/|work=The Galveston Daily News|title=Longhorns unleash power to smother Arkansas eleven 34–0|date=October 17, 1943|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| rank = 16
| rank = 16
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1943|team=Rice Owls|title=Rice}}
| opponent = [[1943 Rice Owls football team|Rice]]
| gamename = [[Rice–Texas football rivalry|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| gamename = [[Rice–Texas football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 58–0
| score = 58–0
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123758597/longhorns-continue-on-title-path-with-ro/|work=San Angelo Standard-Times|title=Longhorns continue on title path with rousing 58 to 0 victory over Rice Owls|date=October 24, 1943|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| away = y
| away = y
| rank = 16
| rank = 12
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1943|team=SMU Mustangs|title=SMU}}
| opponent = [[1943 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
| site_stadium = Cotton Bowl
| site_stadium = [[Ownby Stadium]]
| site_cityst = Dallas, TX
| site_cityst = [[University Park, Texas|University Park, TX]]
| score = 20–0
| score = 20–0
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123758921/biblemen-ride-ponies-to-200-conclusive/|work=Sunday American-Statesman|title=Biblemen ride Ponies to 20–0 conclusive fall|date=October 31, 1943|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| rank = 16
| rank = 16
| opponent = [[1943 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]]
| opponent = [[1943 TCU Horned Frogs football team|TCU]]
| gamename = [[TCU–Texas football rivalry|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| gamename = [[TCU–Texas football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 46–7
| score = 46–7
| attend = 12,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123759312/tcu-gets-lead-but-longhorns-roar-into-wi/|work=Sunday Courier-Times-Telegraph|title=TCU gets lead but Longhorns roar into win|date=November 14, 1943|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opponent = [[1943 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]
| opponent = [[1943 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M]]
| opprank = 16
| opprank = 16
| gamename = [[Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = [[Kyle Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Kyle Field]]
| site_cityst = [[College Station, TX]]
| site_cityst = [[College Station, Texas|College Station, TX]]
| gamename = [[Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 27–13
| score = 27–13
| attend = 32,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123759506/texas-whips-stout-aggie-team-27-to-13/|work=The Shreveport Times|title=Texas whips stout Aggie team, 27 to 13|date=November 26, 1943|accessdate=April 29, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| rank = 14
| rank = 14
| opponent = [[1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team|Randolph Field]]
| opponent = [[1943 Randolph Field Ramblers football team|Randolph Field]]
| gamename = [[1944 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl Classic]]
| site_stadium = Cotton Bowl
| site_stadium = Cotton Bowl
| site_cityst = Dallas, TX
| site_cityst = Dallas, TX
| gamename = [[1944 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl Classic]]
| score = 7–7
| score = 7–7
| attend = 15,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Longhorns And Randolph Field Battle To 7-7 Deadlock: Dobbs Puts On Great Show For Drenched Fans|newspaper=The Brownsville Herald (AP story)|author=Harold V. Ratliff|date=January 2, 1944|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17759845/longhorns_and_randolph_field_battle_to/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==Rankings==
{{see also|1943 NCAA football rankings}}
{{Ranking movements
| poll1title = [[AP Poll|AP]]
| poll1firstweek = 1
| poll1lastweek = 9
| poll1_1=NR
| poll1_2=NR
| poll1_3=16
| poll1_4=12
| poll1_5=13
| poll1_6=16
| poll1_7=10
| poll1_8=12
| poll1_9=14
}}
}}
}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-12-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101042752/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html |archivedate=2010-11-01 |df= }}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
*Joe Parker, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
* Joe Parker, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
{{clear}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Southwest Conference football champions}}
{{Southwest Conference football champions}}


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Latest revision as of 20:01, 29 December 2023

1943 Texas Longhorns football
SWC champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
APNo. 14
Record7–1–1 (5–0 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
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 was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1943 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Dana X. Bible, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 7–1–1, with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, and finished as SWC champion. Texas concluded their season with a tie against Randolph Field in the Cotton Bowl Classic.[1]

Before the season began, Tom Landry left the Longhorns and joined the Army Air Corps.[2] In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Texas ranked 13th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 103.9.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 252:30 p.m.Blackland AAF*
W 65–69,000[4][5][6][7]
October 2Southwestern (TX)*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 7–14[8]
October 9vs. Oklahoma*
W 13–718,500[9]
October 16Arkansas
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 34–0[10]
October 23RiceNo. 16
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 58–0[11]
October 30at SMUNo. 12
W 20–0[12]
November 13TCUNo. 16
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 46–712,000[13]
November 25at No. 16 Texas A&MNo. 12
W 27–1332,000[14]
January 1, 1944vs. Randolph Field*No. 14
T 7–715,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

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See also: 1943 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP——16121316101214

Awards and honors

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  • Joe Parker, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player

References

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  1. ^ "1943 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Southwestern Pirates outclass mighty Texas U. 14 to 7". Waco Sunday Tribune-Herald. October 3, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Texas Longhorns come from behind to beat Oklahoma University, 13–7". Wichita Daily Times. October 10, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Longhorns unleash power to smother Arkansas eleven 34–0". The Galveston Daily News. October 17, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Longhorns continue on title path with rousing 58 to 0 victory over Rice Owls". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 24, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Biblemen ride Ponies to 20–0 conclusive fall". Sunday American-Statesman. October 31, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "TCU gets lead but Longhorns roar into win". Sunday Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 14, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Texas whips stout Aggie team, 27 to 13". The Shreveport Times. November 26, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ 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.


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