1943 Utah Utes football team
| 1943 Utah Utes football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| 1943 record | 0–7 (0–2 MSC) |
| Head coach | Ike Armstrong |
| Home stadium | Ute Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1943 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1943 college football season. Utah considered cancelling football in 1943 due to World War II. College enrollment dropped significantly as many college-aged men enlisted in the armed services. LeRoy E. Cowles, President of the University of Utah asked that the team continue to play. Armstrong supported Cowles despite having a severe shortage of players. Only Colorado and Utah in the Mountain States Conference maintained a football team in 1943. To play a semblance of a full schedule, Utah played Colorado twice and resorted to playing enlisted men from Fort Warren, Wyoming.[1] The result was Utah's only winless season since going 0–1 in 1895.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| October 2 | Fort Warren, Wyoming* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | L 0–60 | ||||||
| October 9 | at Colorado | Colorado Stadium • Boulder, Colorado (Utah–Colorado football rivalry) | L 0–35 | ||||||
| October 16 | Nevada* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | L 19–27 | ||||||
| October 23 | at Tulsa* | Skelly Field • Tulsa, Oklahoma | L 0–55 | ||||||
| November 6 | Colorado |
Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah–Colorado football rivalry) | L 19–22 | ||||||
| November 13 | at Colorado College* | Washburn Field • Colorado Springs, Colorado | L 0–64 | ||||||
| November 25 | Saint Mary's* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | L 0–34 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. | |||||||||
After the season
NFL Draft
Utah had two players selected in the 1944 NFL Draft.[5]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| George Betteridge | Back | 4 | 30 | Detroit Lions |
| Nick Pappas | Offensive and Defensive Tackle | 27 | 281 | Washington Redskins |
References
- ↑ Hinckley, Shane (2010). University of Utah Football Vault : The History of the Utes. Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, LLC. p. 44. ISBN 0-7948-2797-7.
- ↑ "2010 Utah Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah Athletics. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game Ike J. Armstrong 1943". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ↑ "1944 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-05.