1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 18–20 vs. Georgia Tech
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Ranking
APNo. 15
Record6–1–1 (1–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Field
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Tulsa $ 1 0 0 6 1 1
Oklahoma A&M 0 1 0 3 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1943 college football season. In their third year under head coach Henry Frnka, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 6–0–1 record in the regular season, including lopsided victories over SMU (20-7), Texas Tech (34-7), Oklahoma (20-6), Utah (55-0), Oklahoma State (55-6), and Arkansas (61-0). They lost to Georgia Tech, 20–18, in the 1944 Sugar Bowl.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Tulsa ranked 29th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 91.7.[2]

  1. ^ "1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  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 icon.