1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

American college football season

1943 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

MVC champion

Sugar Bowl, L 18–20 vs. Georgia Tech

Conference| Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
AP| No. 15
Record| 6–1–1 (1–0 MVC)
Head coach|

* Henry Frnka (3rd season)

Home stadium| Skelly Field

Seasons

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1944 ->

1943 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

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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 A&M (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]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 25| at SMU*| |

* Ownby Stadium
* University Park, TX

| W 20–7| 12,000| [3]
October 9| Texas Tech*| |

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 34–7| 13,000|
October 16| vs. Oklahoma*| |

* Taft Stadium
* Oklahoma City, OK

| W 20–6| 15,000|
October 23| Utah*| |

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 55–0| 6,000|
October 30| Southwestern (TX)*| No. 13|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| T 6–6| 10,000|
November 6| Oklahoma A&M| No. 19|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK (rivalry)

| W 55–6| 9,000|
November 25| Arkansas*| No. 20|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 61–0| 15,000| [4]
January 1, 1944| vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech| No. 15|

* Tulane Stadium
* New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)

| L 18–20| 69,134| [5]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Rankings

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See also: 1943 college football rankings

The AP released their first poll on October 4. The Golden Hurricane made their first appearance as a ranked team on October 25.

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked| Week

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Poll| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| Final
AP| —| —| —| 13| 19| 17| 16| 20| 15

## After the season

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### 1944 NFL draft

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The following Golden Hurricane players were selected in the 1944 NFL draft following the season.[7][8]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | NFL club

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3 | 17 | Saxon Judd | End | Chicago Cardinals
6 | 51 | C. B. Stanley | Tackle | Chicago Bears
11 | 107 | Carl Buda | Guard | Pittsburgh Steelers
12 | 113 | Sam Gray | End | Pittsburgh Steelers
13 | 121 | Bobby Dobbs | Back | Chicago Cardinals
16 | 162 | John Green | Defensive end | Philadelphia Eagles
28 | 293 | Charlie Mitchell | Halfback | Chicago Bears

## References

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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 .
3. ^ "LeForce and Ford of Tulsa bomb Mustangs under 20–7". The Galveston Daily News. September 26, 1943. Retrieved March 16, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Golden Hurricane blows down Arkansas Razorbacks 60 to 0". Northwest Arkansas Times. November 26, 1943. Retrieved March 16, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Georgia Tech edges Tulsa, 20 to 18". Tulsa World. January 2, 1944. Retrieved October 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 180. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
7. ^ "1944 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
8. ^ "Tulsa Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

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Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

Venues|

* South Main Park (1912–1914)
* Association Park (1915–1917)
* McNulty Park (1919–1929)
* Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Houston
* Oklahoma State

Culture & lore|

* Captain Cane
* "Hurricane Spirit"
* The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1895
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Missouri Valley Conference football champions

Pre-split|

* Iowa & Nebraska (1907)
* Kansas (1908)
* Missouri (1909)
* Nebraska (1910)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1911)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1912)
* Missouri & Nebraska (1913)
* Nebraska (1914)
* Nebraska (1915)
* Nebraska (1916)
* Nebraska (1917)
* Missouri (1919)
* Oklahoma (1920)
* Nebraska (1921)
* Drake & Nebraska (1922)
* Kansas & Nebraska (1923)
* Missouri (1924)
* Missouri (1925)
* Oklahoma A&M (1926)
* Missouri (1927)

Post-split|

* Drake (1928)
* Drake (1929)
* Drake & Oklahoma A&M (1930)
* Drake (1931)
* Oklahoma A&M (1932)
* Oklahoma A&M (1933)
* Washington University (1934)
* Tulsa & Washington University (1935)
* Creighton & Tulsa (1936)
* Tulsa (1937)
* Tulsa (1938)
* Washington University (1939)
* Tulsa (1940)
* Tulsa (1941)
* Tulsa (1942)
* Tulsa (1943)
* Oklahoma A&M (1944)
* Oklahoma A&M (1945)
* Tulsa (1946)
* Tulsa (1947)
* Oklahoma A&M (1948)
* Detroit (1949)
* Tulsa (1950)
* Tulsa (1951)
* Houston (1952)
* Detroit & Oklahoma A&M (1953)
* Wichita (1954)
* Detroit & Wichita (1955)
* Houston (1956)
* Houston (1957)
* North Texas State (1958)
* Houston & North Texas State (1959)
* Wichita (1960)
* Wichita (1961)
* Tulsa (1962)
* Wichita (1963)
* Cincinnati (1964)
* Tulsa (1965)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1966)
* North Texas State (1967)
* Memphis State (1968)
* Memphis State (1969)
* Louisville (1970)
* Memphis State (1971)
* Drake, Louisville, & West Texas State (1972)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1973)
* Tulsa (1974)
* Tulsa (1975)
* New Mexico State & Tulsa (1976)
* West Texas State (1977)
* New Mexico State (1978)
* West Texas State (1979)
* Tulsa (1980)
* Drake & Tulsa (1981)
* Tulsa (1982)
* Tulsa (1983)
* Tulsa (1984)
* Tulsa (1985)

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