1943 Temple Owls football team

1943 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6
Head coach	Ray Morrison (4th season)
Home stadium	Temple Stadium

1943 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Boston College			–					4	–	0	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	0
Rochester			–					6	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					7	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					0	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	VMI	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 27–0	10,000	[3]
October 2	at Swarthmore	Clothier Field Stadium Swarthmore, PA	W 13–6
October 9	at No. 3 Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–51
October 16	at Ursinus	Collegeville, PA	L 6–10
October 22	Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–7	5,000	[4]
November 6	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 6–42
November 13	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–13	4,142
November 20	Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–34
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1943 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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. "10,000 see Temple eleven win, 27–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 25, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Bucknell Edges Out Temple in Last Period, 7-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1943. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.