1943 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1943 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record3–3 (1–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadium Tulane Stadium
(capacity: 69,000)
Seasons
←  1942
1944  →
1943 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 3 –0 –08 –3 –0
LSU 2 –2 –06 –3 –0
Tulane 1 –1 –03 –3 –0
Georgia 0 –3 –06 –4 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –0 –05 –0 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Seven other SEC schools did not field a team due to World War II. [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1943 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Claude Simons Jr., the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 3–3 and a mark of 1–1 in conference play, tying for second in the SEC.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Tulane ranked 37th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 87.3. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Memphis NATTC *
L 7–4125,000 [3]
October 9at Rice *
W 33–0 [4]
October 23at SMU *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 12–622,000 [5]
October 30 Georgia Pre-Flight *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 13–1418,000 [6]
November 13No. 19 Georgia Tech
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–3338,000 [7]
November 20 LSU
W 27–040,000 [8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ Scott, Richard (2008). SEC Football: 75 Years of Pride and Passion. MVP Books. p. 58. ISBN   1616731338 . Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "Tulane's Green Wave Unable To Handle Memphis' Powerful Sailors, Lose 41-7". Johnson City Press. Johnson City, Tennessee. Associated Press. October 3, 1943. p. 9. Retrieved July 3, 2020– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ "Tulane team manhandles weak Rice eleven, 33–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 10, 1943. Retrieved April 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tulane strikes twice for victory over SMU, 12 to 6". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 24, 1943. Retrieved April 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tulane Misses Try for Point and Loses to Georgia Sailors". The Shreveport Times. October 31, 1943. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Prokop's passes stun Tulane 33–0". The Courier-Journal. November 14, 1943. Retrieved April 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "40,000 watch Tulane rout L.S.U., 27 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 21, 1943. Retrieved April 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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