1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
| 1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football | |
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MVC champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 18–20 vs. Georgia Tech | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 15 |
| 1943 record | 6–1–1 (1–0 MVC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Skelly Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Tulsa $ | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1943 college football season. In their third year under head coach Henry Frnka, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 6–0–1 record in the regular season, including lopsided victories over SMU (20-7), Texas Tech (34-7), Oklahoma (20-6), Utah (55-0), Oklahoma State (55-6), and Arkansas (61-0). They lost to Georgia Tech, 20-18, in the 1944 Sugar Bowl.[1]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | ||
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| September 25 | at SMU* | Dallas | W 20–7 | |||
| October 9 | Texas Tech* |
| W 34–7 | |||
| October 16 | vs. Oklahoma* |
| W 20–6 | |||
| October 23 | Utah* |
| W 55–0 | |||
| October 30 | Southwestern* | No. 13 |
| T 6–6 | ||
| November 6 | Oklahoma A&M | No. 19 |
| W 55–6 | ||
| November 25 | Arkansas* | No. 20 |
| W 61–0 | ||
| January 1, 1944 | vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech | No. 15 |
| L 18–20 | ||
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Rankings[]
The AP released their first poll on October 4. The Golden Hurricane made their first appearance as a ranked team on October 25.
| Week | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | |||||||||||
| AP | Not released | NR | NR | NR | 13 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 15 | |||||||||||
References[]
- ^ "1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
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