1943 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1943 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 1943 college football season.

1943 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1943 record3–3 (1–1 SEC)
Head coachClaude Simons Jr. (2nd season)
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
(Capacity: 69,000)
1943 Southeastern Conferencefootball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Seven other SEC schools did not field a team due to World War II.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 2Memphis NAS*
L 7–41
October 9at Rice*
W 33–0
October 23at SMU*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 12–6
October 30Georgia Pre-Flight*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 13–14
November 13No. 19 Georgia Tech
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–33
November 20LSU
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag)
W 27–0
  • *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.


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