1943 Georgia Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1943 Georgia Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1943 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Wally Butts, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a conference record of 0–3, and finished fourth in the SEC.[2]
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (0–3 SEC)
Headcoach
- Wally Butts (5th season)
HomestadiumSanford Stadium
| 1943 Georgia Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (0–3 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Sanford Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Georgia ranked 72nd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 74.9.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Presbyterian* | W 25–7 | 6,000 | [4] | ||
| September 25 | at LSU | L 27–32 | 20,000 | [5] | ||
| October 1 | Tennessee Tech* |
| W 67–0 | [6] | ||
| October 8 | Wake Forest* |
| W 7–0 | 7,500 | [7] | |
| October 16 | at Daniel Field* | No. 20 |
| L 7–18 | 5,000 | [8][9][10] |
| October 23 | vs. LSU | L 6–27 | 13,000 | [11] | ||
| October 29 | Howard (AL)* |
| W 39–0 | 4,500 | [12][13] | |
| November 5 | Presbyterian* |
| W 40-12 | 4,000 | [14] | |
| November 13 | vs. VMI | W 46–7 | 5,000 | [15] | ||
| November 27 | at No. 14 Georgia Tech |
| L 0–48 | 28,000 | [16] | |
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Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
