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1943 Texas A&M

7–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Homer Norton.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1943, game by game: won vs. Bryan Field 48–6; won vs. Texas Tech 13–0; won at No. 17 LSU 28–13; won at TCU 13–0; tied vs. Texas–Arlington 0–0; won at Arkansas 13–0; won vs. SMU 22–0; won at Rice 20–0; lost vs. No. 12 Texas 13–27; lost vs. LSU 14–19+42−14Won 48–6 vs. Bryan Field+42Bryan FieldWon 13–0 vs. Texas Tech+13Texas TechWon 28–13 at No. 17 LSU+15No. 17 LSUWon 13–0 at TCU+13TCUTied 0–0 vs. Texas–Arlington0Texas–ArlingtonWon 13–0 at Arkansas+13ArkansasWon 22–0 vs. SMU+22SMUWon 20–0 at Rice+20RiceLost 13–27 vs. No. 12 Texas-14No. 12 TexasLost 14–19 vs. LSU-5LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsBryan FieldW 48–⁠692%
Oct 2vsTexas TechW 13–⁠064%
Oct 9at17LSUW 28–⁠1340%
Oct 16atTCUW 13–⁠048%
Oct 23vsTexas–ArlingtonT 0–⁠095%
Oct 30atArkansasW 13–⁠077%
Nov 6vsSMUW 22–⁠085%
Nov 13atRiceW 20–⁠068%
Nov 25vs12TexasL 13–⁠2758%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsLSUOrange BowlL 14–⁠1964%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 19–⁠14 in the Orange Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 18
  2. Wk 3: 13
  3. Wk 4: 19
  4. Wk 5: 16
  5. Wk 6: 14
  6. Wk 7: 12
  7. Wk 8: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1943.

Led the nationMarion Flanagan: receiving yards (403 yds), punt return yards (475 yds)

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
184–⁠65
Coach
Homer Norton
Elo
1624 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.8 No. 27 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Jim HallmarkBAP-1
  • Goble BryantOGAP-1

Second team

  • Marion FlanaganBAP-2
  • Stanley TurnerBAP-2
  • Marion SettegastEAP-2
  • Herb TurleyOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas5–⁠07–⁠1–⁠114
Texas A&M4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Rice2–⁠33–⁠7
SMU2–⁠32–⁠7
TCU1–⁠42–⁠6
Arkansas1–⁠42–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.