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| opponent = [[1943 Southwestern Pirates football team|Southwestern (TX)]] |
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| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium |
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| site_cityst = Austin, TX |
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| 1943 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, T 7–7 vs. Randolph Field | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 14 |
| Record | 7–1–1 (5–0 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | 2:30 p.m. | Blackland AAF* | W 65–6 | 9,000 | [3][4][5][6] | ||
| October 2 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| L 7–14 | ||||
| October 9 | vs. Oklahoma* | W 13–7 | |||||
| October 16 | Arkansas |
| W 34–0 | ||||
| October 23 | Rice | No. 16 |
| W 58–0 | |||
| October 30 | at SMU | No. 16 |
| W 20–0 | |||
| November 13 | TCU | No. 16 |
| W 46–7 | |||
| November 25 | at No. 16 Texas A&M | No. 12 | W 27–13 | ||||
| January 1, 1944 | vs. Randolph Field* | No. 14 |
| T 7–7 | 15,000 | [7] | |
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Awards and honors
- Joe Parker, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
References
- ^ Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6
- ^ 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
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- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
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