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 | |
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SEC champion Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 20–18 vs. Tulsa | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 13 |
| 1943 record | 8–3 (3–0 SEC) |
| Head coach | William Alexander (24th season) |
| Home stadium | Grant Field |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25 | North Carolina* | W 20–7 | |||
| October 2 | at Notre Dame* | L 13–55 | 26,497 | ||
| October 9 | Georgia Pre-Flight* |
| W 35–7 | 12,000[3] | |
| October 16 | Fort Benning* |
| W 27–0 | ||
| October 23 | at No. 3 Navy* | L 14–28 | |||
| October 30 | No. 8 Duke* |
| L 7–14 | ||
| November 6 | No. 20 LSU |
| W 42–7 | ||
| November 13 | at Tulane | No. 19 | W 33–0 | ||
| November 20 | Clemson* | No. 15 |
| W 41–6 | |
| November 27 | Georgia | No. 14 |
| W 48–0 | |
| January 1 | vs. No. 15 Tulsa* | No. 13 |
| W 20–18 | 69,134 |
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References
- Scott, Richard (2008). SEC Football: 75 Years of Pride and Passion. MVP Books. p. 58. ISBN 1616731338. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- "1943 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
- "Georgia Tech Engineers Give Navy Pre-Flight Fancy Licking". The Times (Shreveport). October 10, 1943. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
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