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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 | |
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Sun Bowl, W 7–0 vs. New Mexico | |
Conference | Texas Conference |
Record | 10–1–1 (0–0 Texas) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Spot Collins |
Home stadium | Snyder Field |
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 15 | at North Texas Aggies | W 20–0 | 12,000 | [3][4][5] | |||
September 25 | 4:30 p.m. | at Ward Island Marines |
| W 54–0 | 5,000 | [6][7] | |
October 2 | at Texas | W 14–7 | [8] | ||||
October 9 | 8:00 p.m. | at South Plains AAF | No. 11 | W 40–0 | 4,500 | [9][10] | |
October 15 | vs. North Texas Aggies | No. 17 | W 26–0 | [11][12] | |||
October 23 | Southwestern Louisiana | No. 12 | Georgetown, TX | L 6–27 | |||
October 30 | at No. 13 Tulsa | T 6–6 | 10,000 | ||||
November 6 | 8:00 p.m. | Bryan AAF |
| W 20–6 | [13][14] | ||
November 13 | at Abilene AAF | Abilene, TX | W 45–6 | 4,500 | [15] | ||
November 20 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Arkansas A&M |
| W 7–0 | 4,500 | [16][17][18][19] | |
November 27 | at Rice | W 21–7 | |||||
January 1, 1944 | vs. New Mexico | W 7–0 | 18,000 | ||||
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Week | |||||||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AP | 11 | 17 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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