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1943 Southeastern Conference football season

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1943 Southeastern Conference football season
Sport	Football
Duration	September 17, 1943 – January 1, 1944 (1943-09-17 –1944-01-01)
Teams	5
Champion	Georgia Tech
SEC seasons
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1943 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
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 fromAP Poll

The1943 Southeastern Conference football season was the eleventh season ofcollege football played by the member schools of theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the1943 college football season.Georgia Tech compiled an 8–3 overall record, with a conference record of 3–0, and was SEC champion. The 1943 season was notable for the suspension of football atAlabama,Auburn,Florida,Kentucky,Mississippi State,Ole Miss, andTennessee due to Army restrictions during World War II.^[2]

Conf. rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	AP final	PPG	PAG
1	Georgia Tech	William Alexander	8–3–0 (.727)	3–0–0 (1.000)	No. 13	27.3	12.9
2	LSU	Bernie Moore	6–3–0 (.667)	2–2–0 (.500)		18.0	17.6
3	Tulane	Claude Simons Jr.	3–3–0 (.500)	1–1–0 (.500)		15.3	15.7
4	Georgia	Wally Butts	6–4–0 (.600)	0–3–0 (.000)		26.4	15.3
5	Vanderbilt	Ernest Alley	5–0–0 (1.000)	0–0–0 (–)		29.0	6.6

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 17	Presbyterian	Georgia	Sanford Stadium •Athens, GA	W 25–7	6,000	^[4]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 25	North Carolina	Georgia Tech	Grant Field •Atlanta, GA	W 20–7	20,000	^[5]
September 25	Georgia	LSU	Tiger Stadium •Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 34–27	20,000	^[6]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 1	Tennessee Tech	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 67–0		^[7]
October 2	Rice	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 20–7	22,000	^[8]
October 2	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium •South Bend, IN	L 13–55	26,497–30,000	^[9]
October 2	Memphis NATTC	Tulane	Tulane Stadium •New Orleans, LA	L 7–41	25,000	^[10]

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 8	Wake Forest	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 7–0	7,500	^[11]
October 9	Georgia Pre-Flight	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 35–7	12,000	^[12]
October 9	Tulane	Rice	Rice Field •Houston, TX	W 33–0		^[13]
October 9	Texas A&M	No. 17 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 13–28	25,000	^[14]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 16	300th Infantry	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 27–0	10,000	^[15]
October 16	Louisiana Army	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 28–7	3,500	^[16]
October 16	Vanderbilt	Tennessee Tech	Overall Field •Cookeville, TN	W 20–0		^[17]
October 16	Georgia	Daniel Field	Richmond Academy Stadium •Augusta, GA	L 7–18	5,000	^[18]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 23	SMU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 12–6	22,000	^[19]
October 23	Camp Campbell	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field •Nashville, TN	W 40–14	6,000	^[20]
October 23	Georgia Tech	No. 3 Navy	Municipal Stadium •Baltimore, MD	L 14–28	56,223	^[21]
October 23	LSU	Georgia	Memorial Stadium •Columbus, GA	LSU 27–6	13,000	^[22]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 29	Howard (AL)	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 39–0		^[23]
October 30	TCU	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 14–0	18,000	^[24]
October 30	Milligan	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 26–6	3,000	^[25]
October 30	No. 8 Duke	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7–14	30,000	^[26]
October 30	Georgia Pre-Flight	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 13–14	18,000	^[27]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 5	Presbyterian	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 39–0	4,000	^[28]
November 5	Carson–Newman	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 12–6		^[29]
November 6	No. 10 LSU	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 42–7	20,000	^[30]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 13	VMI	Georgia	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	W 46–7	5,000	^[31]
November 13	No. 19 Georgia Tech	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	GT 33–0	38,000	^[32]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost
SEC member tie
SEC teams inbold

Round	Overall Pick	Player name	School	Position	NFL team
1	5	Steve Van Buren	LSU	Halfback	Philadelphia Eagles
2	14	Bob Cifers	Tennessee	Back	Detroit Lions
2	16	Lamar Blount	Mississippi State	Back	New York Giants
5	43	Larry Rice	Tulane	Center	Boston Yanks
6	52	Hillary Horne	Mississippi State	Tackle	Philadelphia Eagles
9	78	Mitchell Olenski	Alabama	Tackle	Brooklyn Tigers
9	87	Tex Warrington	Auburn	Center	Boston Yanks
11	103	Carl Grate	Georgia	Guard	New York Giants
12	117	J. P. Moore	Vanderbilt	Back	Chicago Bears
13	125	Ray Poole	Ole Miss	End	New York Giants
13	126	Bill Baughman	Alabama	Center	Green Bay Packers
13	127	Charley Walker	Kentucky	Center	Washington Redskins
14	136	Bert Corley	Mississippi State	Center	New York Giants
14	139	Joe Hartley	LSU	Tackle	Chicago Bears
14	140	Jim Talley	LSU	Center	Philadelphia Eagles
15	144	Billy J. Murphy	Mississippi State	Back	Brooklyn Tigers
15	147	Ollie Poole	Ole Miss	End	New York Giants
15	149	Jim Gaffney	Tennessee	Back	Washington Redskins
15	151	Jim Myers	Tennessee	Guard	Card-Pitt
15	152	Bud Hubbell	Tennessee	End	Cleveland Rams
17	167	Jack Helms	Georgia Tech	Tackle	Detroit Lions
17	172	Ed Ryckeley	Georgia Tech	End	Chicago Bears
17	174	Aubrey Clayton	Auburn	Back	Cleveland Rams
18	186	Reldon Bennett	LSU	Tackle	Boston Yanks
19	189	Bill Eubank	Mississippi State	End	Detroit Lions
19	192	Kermit Davis	Mississippi State	End	Green Bay Packers
19	193	Clyde Ehrhardt	Georgia	Center	Washington Redskins
21	210	Mike Mihalic	Mississippi State	Guard	Brooklyn Tigers
22	221	Ted Cook	Alabama	End	Brooklyn Tigers
23	240	Jim Pharr	Auburn	Center	Cleveland Rams
23	241	Dilton Richmond	LSU	End	Boston Yanks
24	251	Joe Warlick	Mississippi State	Back	Cleveland Rams
26	273	Charley Kuhn	Kentucky	Back	Cleveland Rams
26	274	Bill Portwood	Kentucky	End	Boston Yanks
27	279	Andy Bires	Alabama	End	New York Giants
27	282	Jack McKewan	Alabama	End	Chicago Bears
28	291	A. B. Howard	Mississippi State	End	Green Bay Packers
29	298	Marty Frohm	Mississippi State	Tackle	Brooklyn Tigers
29	306	John Hughes	Mississippi State	End	Cleveland Rams
30	317	Dick McPhee	Georgia	Back	Cleveland Rams

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 20	Clemson	No. 15 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 41–6	10,000	^[33]
November 20	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	TUL 27–0	40,000	^[34]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 25	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 47–7	7,000	^[35]
November 27	Georgia	No. 14 Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	GT 48–0	28,000	^[36]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
January 1, 1944	No. 15 Tulsa	No. 13 Georgia Tech	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 20–18	69,134	^[37]
January 1, 1944	Texas A&M	LSU	Burdine Stadium •Miami, FL (Orange Bowl /rivalry)	W 19–14	30,000	^[38]
^#Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to game.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	SEC record
Georgia	Wally Butts	5	36–16–2 (.685)	36–16–2 (.685)	11–8–2 (.571)
Georgia Tech	William Alexander	24	126–92–15 (.573)	126–92–15 (.573)	29–31–5 (.485)
LSU	Bernie Moore	9	72–40–6 (.636)	60–28–3 (.676)	29–19–2 (.600)
Tulane	Claude Simons Jr.	2	18–20–1 (.474)	7–8–0 (.467)	2–5–0 (.286)
Vanderbilt	Ernest Alley	1	5–0–0 (1.000)	5–0–0 (1.000)	0–0–0 (–)

v t e Southeastern Conference (SEC) football
Current teams	Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Missouri Tigers Oklahoma Sooners Ole Miss Rebels South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Texas Longhorns Texas A&M Aggies Vanderbilt Commodores
Championships & awards	Conference champions SEC Championship Game All-time standings (1933–1991,1992–present) Individual awards SEC Football Legends
Seasons	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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Results and team statistics

Schedule

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Postseason

All-Americans

Head coaches

1944 NFL draft

See also

References