1943 Temple Owls football team

The 1943 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 163 to 65.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1943 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College  401
Franklin & Marshall  710
Dartmouth  610
Rochester  610
No. 11 Army  721
Holy Cross  620
Tufts  620
No. 20 Penn  621
Brown  530
Villanova  530
Colgate  531
Penn State  531
Bucknell  640
Cornell  640
Harvard  221
Yale  450
Pittsburgh  350
Temple  260
CCNY  131
Princeton  160
Carnegie Tech  041
Columbia  080
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Temple ranked 122nd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 59.5.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25VMIW 27–010,000[3]
October 2at Swarthmore
W 13–6
October 9at No. 3 ArmyL 0–51
October 16at UrsinusCollegeville, PAL 6–10
October 22Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–75,000[4]
November 6at Holy CrossL 6–42
November 13at Penn StateL 0–134,142
November 20Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–34
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References