1943 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1943 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard Cofer, Robert Seiler[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
(capacity: 22,000)
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Southern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Navy   –   8 – 1 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   4 – 3 – 0
Virginia   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1943 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by seventh-year head coach Frank Murray and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as independents, finishing with a record of 3–4–1.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Richmond Air Base
T 7–7
October 2vs. West Virginia
W 6–0
October 9Richmond
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 7–16
October 23at ApprenticeNewport News, VAL 6–7
October 30at VMI
W 34–02,500[2]
November 6Maryland
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
W 39–0
November 13at No. 7 Duke
L 0–496,000
November 27North Carolina
L 7–54
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 119.
  2. ^ "Virginia overwhelms VMI Keydets by 34–0". The Daily News Leader. October 31, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1943 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
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