1943 Texas Longhorns football team

1943 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1943 Texas Longhorns football
1943 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, T 7–7 vs. Randolph Field
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 14
1943 record	7–1–1 (5–0 SWC)
Head coach	Dana X. Bible (7th season);
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 40,500)
	Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

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*		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 65–6
October 2	No. 11 Southwestern (TX)*		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 7–14
October 9	vs. Oklahoma*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	W 13–7
October 16	Arkansas		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 34–0
October 23	Rice	No. 16	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 58–0
October 30	at SMU	No. 16	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 20–0
November 13	TCU	No. 16	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 46–7
November 25	at No. 16 Texas A&M	No. 12	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 27–13
January 1, 1944	vs. Randolph Field*	No. 14	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	T 7–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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National championship seasons in bold

1943 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	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