1943 Southwestern Pirates football team
The 1943 Southwestern Pirates football team represented Southwestern University during the 1943 college football season.[1][2] In Randolph M. Medley's fifth season at Southwestern, the Pirates compiled a 10–1–1 record, shut out six teams, and outscored their opponents by a total of 266 to 59. The Pirates defeated many notable teams during the season, including Texas in Austin, Rice in Houston, and New Mexico in the Sun Bowl, Southwestern's first bowl game. The Pirates tied their only ranked opponent, No. 13 Tulsa, and were themselves ranked. for the first and only season in program history, for a few weeks in October.
| 1943 Southwestern Pirates football | |
|---|---|
Sun Bowl, W 7–0 vs. New Mexico | |
| Conference | Texas Conference |
| 1943 record | 10–1–1 (0–0 Texas) |
| Head coach |
|
| Captain | Spot Collins |
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 15 | at North Texas Agricultural | W 20–0 | |||
| September 25 | at Ward Island Marines | W 54–0 | |||
| October 2 | at Texas | W 14–7 | |||
| October 9 | at South Plains Army Air Field | No. 11 |
| W 40–0 | |
| October 15 | North Texas Agricultural | No. 17 | Georgetown, TX | W 26–0 | |
| October 23 | Southwestern Louisiana | No. 11 | Georgetown, TX | L 6–27 | |
| October 30 | at No. 13 Tulsa | T 6–6 | |||
| November 6 | Bryan Army Air Field | Georgetown, TX | W 20–6 | ||
| November 13 | at Abilene Army Air Field | Abilene, TX | W 45–6 | ||
| November 20 | at Arkansas A&M | Shreveport, LA | W 7–0 | ||
| November 27 | at Rice | W 21–7 | |||
| January 1, 1944 | vs. New Mexico | W 7–0 | 18,000 | ||
| |||||
References
- "Season Preview: The Southwestern Man". Southwestern University. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- "Southwestern Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.