1943 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1943 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1943 college football season.[2]

1943 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 20–18 vs. Tulsa
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 13
1943 record8–3 (3–0 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrant Field
1943 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 3 0 0  8 3 0
LSU 2 2 0  6 3 0
Tulane 1 1 0  3 3 0
Georgia 0 3 0  6 4 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0  5 0 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Seven other SEC schools did not field a team due to World War II.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25North Carolina*W 20–7
October 2at Notre Dame*L 13–5526,497
October 9Georgia Pre-Flight*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 35–712,000[3]
October 16Fort Benning*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 27–0
October 23at No. 3 Navy*L 14–28
October 30No. 8 Duke*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 7–14
November 6No. 20 LSU
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 42–7
November 13at TulaneNo. 19W 33–0
November 20Clemson*No. 15
W 41–6
November 27GeorgiaNo. 14
W 48–0
January 1vs. No. 15 Tulsa*No. 13
W 20–1869,134
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Scott, Richard (2008). SEC Football: 75 Years of Pride and Passion. MVP Books. p. 58. ISBN 1616731338. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  2. "1943 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  3. "Georgia Tech Engineers Give Navy Pre-Flight Fancy Licking". The Times (Shreveport). October 10, 1943. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.


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